Regional Environmental Assessment of Marine Aggregate Dredging Effects: The UK Approach

2014 ◽  
pp. 253-272
Author(s):  
Dafydd Lloyd Jones ◽  
Joni Backstrom ◽  
Ian Reach
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Marine Aggregate

scholarly journals Nutrition in the Bin: A Nutritional and Environmental Assessment of Food Wasted in the UK

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen A. Cooper ◽  
Tom E. Quested ◽  
Helene Lanctuit ◽  
Diane Zimmermann ◽  
Namy Espinoza-Orias ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
The Uk

Strategic Environmental Assessment for UK LLW Management

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Craze ◽  
Pete Davis ◽  
Matthew Clark
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
Strategic Environmental Assessment ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Metal Recycling ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Implementation Of The Strategy

NDA is delivering a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) to underpin the UK Nuclear Industry Low Level Waste Strategy. The purpose of this assessment is embed sustainability issues into our decision making and to fulfil our requirements under the European Union’s Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Directive (2004/42/EU) and transposing UK Regulations, and to underpin the development of the strategy. The outputs of the SEA have provided input into particular aspects of the strategy, leading to a more robust and better informed result. Development of options to be assessed under the SEA has looked at a number of factors, including: • what the strategy is aiming to achieve; • expectation from stakeholders as to what should be addressed; • consideration of tactical approaches to implementation of the strategy in addition to high level strategic issues; • links to other projects and programmes (for example the Environmental Safety Case for the Low Level Waste Repository. The SEA aims to provide a robust assessment of the environmental and sustainability impacts of alternative strategies for providing continued capability and capacity for the management and disposal of LLW in the UK. The assessment also considers other, more tactical, issues around implementation of the strategy, for example: issues around the location of LLW management facilities; the environmental impacts of alternative waste treatment options (metal recycling etc); considerations of alternative approaches to the classification of radioactive waste and opportunities that would result. Critical to the development of the SEA has been the involvement of statutory and non-statutory stakeholders, who have informed both the output and the approach taken.

Environmental assessment in the UK planning process: a review of practice

1998 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Crays Jones ◽  
Christopher Wood ◽  
Ben Dipper
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
The Uk

A strategic environmental assessment method for agricultural policy in the UK

1999 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 223-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Tzilivakis ◽  
C. Broom ◽  
K.A. Lewis ◽  
P. Tucker ◽  
C. Drummond ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Strategic Environmental Assessment ◽  
The Uk

The UK marine sand and gravel dredging industry: an application of Quaternary geology

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew G. Bellamy
Keyword(s):  
Resource Assessment ◽  
Cold Climate ◽  
Aggregate Consumption ◽  
Marine Sand ◽  
Sea Bed ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Sand And Gravel ◽  
Fluvial Environments ◽  
Marine Aggregate

AbstractMarine sands and gravels currently contribute 24% (over 20 million tonnes/year) of the total sand and gravel aggregate consumption of Great Britain. To maintain or increase this contribution into the future, the identification, assessment and licensing of additional sand and gravel resource areas is of fundamental importance. Research into the Quaternary history of the continental shelf surrounding the UK assists in the prediction of sand and gravel resource locations. Similarly, resource assessment is significantly improved through an understanding of the origin and formation of these Quaternary deposits.Geological considerations also feature strongly in the management of existing dredging licence areas and in the acquisition of future licences from the Crown Estate. Precise resource assessment, coupled with accurate dredger positioning and track recording systems, minimizes the extent of dredged sea bed, thereby limiting environmental impact and improving the consistency of dredged cargoes. Also important is the need to overcome marine aggregate prejudice which arises from the perception by some customers that marine dredged sands and gravels differ markedly from those obtained onshore. Central to this issue is the argument that some of the most substantial marine deposits originated in subaerial environments at similar times and by the same processes as their present-day terrestrial equivalents, having been deposited in Quaternary cold climate fluvial environments.

scholarly journals Environmental statements, environmental information, environmental assessment and the UK planning process

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 233-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe Weston ◽  
John Glasson ◽  
Riki Therivel ◽  
Elizabeth Wilson ◽  
Richard Frost
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Environmental Information ◽  
The Uk

Study on Sustainable Buildings

2012 ◽  
Vol 174-177 ◽  
pp. 3146-3149
Author(s):  
Ying Li
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Sustainable Buildings ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Ecological Principles ◽  
The Us ◽  
Construction Operation ◽  
The Uk

Sustainable development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainable construction is the creation and responsible maintenance of a healthy built environment, based on ecological principles, and by means of an efficient use of resources. Sustainable buildings meet customer needs through environmentally and socially responsible planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance at the least possible first-time and operating costs. Three assessment methods for sustainable buildings are included: Building Research Establishment's Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) in the UK, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) in the US and Green Globes environmental assessment and rating system. The greatest challenge sustainable construction faces is to lower the initial costs of sustainable buildings. Prefabrication is a means of saving labor and lowering the costs.

scholarly journals SEA: Comparing Open Perspectives on Planning Sustainability in Sardinia (Italy) and Torbay (Devon,UK)

2012 ◽  
pp. 134-149
Author(s):  
Corrado Zoppi
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
The Public ◽  
Eu Directive ◽  
Monitoring Process ◽  
Transport Plan ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Assessment Procedures

If Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) to be effective and fulfil in the spirit of its governing EU Directive 2001/42/EC, cooperative and inclusive attitudes are essential. Cooperation should involve institutions, planning authorities and agencies which are involved in environmental assessment procedures. Inclusion implies favouring and catalysing local communities’ participation, that is participation of the public, in the planning/ assessment process.This paper discusses crucial aspects of SEA through a comparison of two case studies: the SEA of the Torbay Local Transport Plan 2006-2011 (LTPT) published by Torbay Council, and the Masterplan of the Port of the City of Cagliari, 2010 (MPPC) published by the Autorità Portuale di Cagliari in Sardinia, Italy, to provide evidence and lessons of good practice for both the UK and Italy. These include the assessment of:i. the endogeneity of the SEA process’ with respect to the planning process;ii. the sustainability and participation approaches;iii. the way available alternative planning options are compared;iv. the definition of the monitoring process.

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