Integrating Strategic Environmental Assessment Into Power Planning

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
ISBN 13 : 9292614797
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Integrating Strategic Environmental Assessment into Power Development Planning in Viet Nam written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2018-12-01 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication presents the integration of a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in the revised Power Development Plan VII of Viet Nam. It demonstrates how incorporating an SEA into the planning process will produce plans that are based on a more thorough understanding of their implications for the economy, society, and environment of the country. Viet Nam's revised Power Development Plan VII is a model of good practice in integrating an SEA in the preparation of a strategic plan for the power sector of other countries, particularly in the Greater Mekong Subregion.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789292546694
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Integrating Strategic Environmental Assessment Into Power Planning written by Asian Development Bank and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The power sector is expected to expand significantly throughout the Greater Mekong Subregion, with demand projections in the Lower Mekong countries alone showing an increase from 317 terawatt-hours in 2012, to 815 terawatt-hours in 2025. This will bring added environmental and social pressures. As a result, attention needs be paid to incorporating greater sustainability into the power planning process. This book highlights the role of strategic environmental assessments to improve power planning and policies.

Author : Barry Sadler
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 1849772630
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strategic Environmental Assessment written by Barry Sadler and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2012 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique sourcebook provides a global, state-of-the-art review of the rapidly evolving field of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) that is intended to serve as a baseline for the work of an OECD Task Team on SEA and a UNEP initiative on integrated planning and assessment. It describes trends in application and experience in different contexts worldwide, providing in-depth coverage of the status of SEA systems, and practice in developed, transitional and developing countries by a range of development agencies. The book draws on a large body of published and unpublished material, and contributions from a wide range of individual experts, organizations and agencies. It provides an unparalleled and invaluable understanding of the emerging scope and potential of SEA and describes how, when and where it is being used. The sourcebook includes a probing review of concepts, terminology, approaches and tools of SEA, and a comparative analysis of the different types of existing SEA systems. The volume also contains many case examples illustrating SEA practice in different countries and contexts, a full set of references and a number of appendices containing source materials.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789292546717
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Identifying Sustainability Indicators of Strategic Environmental Assessment for Power Planning written by Asian Development Bank and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ustainability of the Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Power Development. The project aimed to assess the impacts of alternative directions for development of the power sector in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) through a strategic environmental assessment (SEA); develop recommendations on how to minimize and mitigate harmful impacts in the power sector; and provide capacity building for GMS countries in the conduct of SEAs, and support their integration into the power planning process. This volume shows how a set of indicators can be used to analyze power development plans in the GMS to achieve greater sustainability. It explains why these particular indicators were selected, why they are important, how they can be measured, and what the indicators reveal.

Author : Giovanni Campeol
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030461807
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strategic Environmental Assessment and Urban Planning written by Giovanni Campeol and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-06 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume gathers a selection of research contributions on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), including theoretical and methodological studies and real-world case studies. It sheds new light on the respective steps in the procedure defined in the SEA Directive from theoretical and operational standpoints, intended to enhance the sustainability of plans and programmes adopted by local, regional and national authorities. Improving the legitimacy and transparency of decision-making in the field of environmental management was one of the goals that led the European Commission (EU) to adopt Directive 2001/42/EC on the assessment of environmental programmes’ effects. This book provides a multidisciplinary approach to SEA, and addresses the demand for policies and strategies to strengthen resilience through concrete measures to reduce energy consumption, mitigate pollution, promote social inclusion and create urban identity.

Author : Fabio Cutaia
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319421328
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strategic Environmental Assessment: Integrating Landscape and Urban Planning written by Fabio Cutaia and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-20 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the opportunities offered by Strategic Environmental Assessment in the context of guaranteeing the synchronized integration of landscape (in all its aspects) within urban plans, thereby helping to overcome the constraints of rigidly framed, sector-focused laws and a purely aesthetic concept of landscape. In pursuit of this goal, various scholars have previously attempted to construct arrays of indicators relating to the different conceptions of “landscape”. This book critically examines the most complete proposals of this nature, systematizing and comparing them and, finally, offering some guidelines with respect to their codification within specific application protocols. After opening chapters exploring the origins of the problem and analysing the European normative frame for Strategic Environmental Assessment, two case studies are described and discussed. A model is then presented for the evaluation of the effects of urban plans on landscape, including in cultural and perceptual terms. The author demonstrates that, when suitably employed, Strategic Environmental Assessment can indeed facilitate the integration of environmental, economic, and social sustainability into urban planning.

Author : Zhenghong Tang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Integrating the Principles of Strategic Environmental Assessment Into Local Comprehensive Land Use Plans in California written by Zhenghong Tang and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lack of early integration with the planning and decision-making process has been a major problem in environmental assessment. Traditional project-based environmental impact assessment has inadequate incentives and capacities to incorporate critical environmental impacts at a broader temporal or spatial scale. While many applications have been geared towards implementing project-level environmental assessments, comparatively little research has been done to determine how to incorporate strategically critical environmental impacts into local planning. Although the principles of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) are not yet required in local planning in the United States, these principles create a theoretical framework for local environmental assessment. The objective of this study is to examine the ability of local plans to integrate and implement the key SEA principles. This study focuses on increasing the understanding of how and where to integrate environmental impacts into the local planning and decision-making process by converting the principles of SEA into specific planning tools, policies, and implementation strategies. This study develops a protocol with 112 indicators to measure the strengths and weaknesses of integrating strategic environmental assessment into local comprehensive land use plans. A random sample of 40 California local comprehensive land use plans and associated planning processes is evaluated based on this plan quality evaluation protocol. Statistical analysis and multiple regression models identify the factors affecting the quality of plans with respect to their ability to assess environmental impacts. The results identify the relative strengths and weaknesses of the ability of local jurisdictions to integrate the SEA principles. The results show that many strategically important environmental issues and tools are rarely adopted by current local plans. The regression analysis results further identify the effects of planning capacity, environmental assessment capacity, public participation and contextual variables on environmental assessment plan quality. The findings extend established planning theory and practice by incorporating strategic environmental considerations into the existing framework of what constitutes a high quality local land use comprehensive plan and suggest ways to improve plan quality.

Author : Thomas B Fischer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136535713
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Theory and Practice of Strategic Environmental Assessment written by Thomas B Fischer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone serious about integrating environmental factors into planning and policy making will gain new insights and ideas from Fischers book on SEA; and students, teachers and practitioners of the subject will find the book essential. Leonard Ortolano, Professor at Stanford University, USA Fischers book demystifies the process and substantive analytical dimensions of SEA. Offering solidly documented empirical evidence of the value of SEA to development, the knowledge captured in this book is a great contribution to the practice. Linda Ghanime, Environmental Operations and Policy Adviser, United Nations Development Program This book is an invaluable reference text for SEA practitioners. I recommend it to everyone! Xu He, Professor and Director of the Strategic Environmental Assessment Center at Nankai University, China Fischer gives a concise and wellstructured account of SEA as it is used today. Readers thus will gain important insights into SEA: why it is important, how it works, and what it can and should achieve. Professor Thomas Bunge, Federal Environment Agency, Germany Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is a fast-growing and rapidly evolving professional field driven by both advances in theory and practice and by regulatory requirements in Europe, North America, Australasia, South Africa and increasingly across Asia. However, to date, analysis of existing practice and associated reporting has remained far from systematic and there has been a clear need for a comprehensive textbook to facilitate teaching, learning and practice in this burgeoning field. This textbook, the first of its kind, provides for a state-ofthe-art review of SEA theory and practice and promotes a more systematic approach to SEA. It is written for a wide student, professional and academic audience and aims particularly at supporting the development of SEA modules in undergraduate and postgraduate planning, environmental assessment, engineering and law courses. It provides an overview of the fundamental principles and rules of SEA, reports systematically on international SEA practice and theory and pushes the envelope by developing the theory. Supporting material includes boxed examples and case studies from around the world, extra reading suggestions and a glossary of terms. This is the essential book for all students, professionals and academics in SEA and EIA and follow-up worldwide.

Author : Thomas B. Fischer
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789909937
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook on Strategic Environmental Assessment written by Thomas B. Fischer and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-26 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive Handbook shows how Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), an important decision support tool for strategies, policies, plans and programmes, is applied globally. It reflects on SEA practices and the advancements made over the past three decades in the development of SEA.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
ISBN 13 : 9292623931
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transforming Power Development Planning in the Greater Mekong Subregion written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication provides guidance on how governments and utilities in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) can develop sustainable power development plans based on current international best practices. It outlines how the integration of strategic environmental assessments to an integrated resource planning approach can enable power development plans to explore or better manage renewable energy sources efficiently. It also discusses the benefits and key principles of this approach, with technical guidelines for each of the six GMS countries and tools aimed for use by practitioners in Asia and beyond.