Handbook of Strategic Environmental Assessment

This authoritative handbook, written and edited by forty international leaders in Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) practice and theory, is the most comprehensive state-of-the-art review of the field to date. The book surveys the full breadth and depth of SEA, bringing together a range of international perspectives and insights on the theoretical, methodological and institutional dimensions and practical issues of the field. Part I comprises a review of SEA frameworks in leading countries (Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US), the European Union and developing regions (Africa, Asia, Latin America and Newly Independent States). Part 2 reviews SEA practice in several major sectors (energy, minerals, transport, water, development assistance and coastal zone management). Part 3 addresses the linkages between SEA and other comparable tools such as spatial planning and environmental management. Part 4 probes key cross-cutting issues in SEA, including how to address cumulative and transboundary effects. Part 5 identifies ways and means of SEA process and capacity development, focusing on how to improve and upgrade the theory and practice of the field. Part 6 examines the shift from conventional SEA towards more integrative approaches, drawing on experience and examples from a number of countries. This Handbook is the most comprehensive examination of SEA to date and is the essential reference for all practitioners, researchers, impact assessors, planners, environmental managers, policy-makers and regulators in all jurisdictions worldwide. Published with IAIA.

Barry Sadler is an adviser on impact assessment to a number of international organizations. Ralf Aschemann is Director of the Austrian Institute for the Development of Environmental Assessment (ANIDEA). Jiri Dusik is a Partner at Integra Consulting Services Ltd. based in the Czech Republic. Thomas B. Fischer is a Professor in the Department of Civic Design, School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Liverpool, UK. Maria Do Rosrio Partidrio is an Associate Professor based in the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture at the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal. Rob Verheem is Deputy Director of the Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment.