Challenges in Application of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) to Urban Planning System in Japan

2008 ◽  
Vol 43 (0) ◽  
pp. 126-126
Author(s):  
Fumihiko Seta
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Strategic Environmental Assessment ◽  
Planning System

scholarly journals The Potential of Strategic Environmental Assessment to Improve Urban Planning in Sierra Leone

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (18) ◽  
pp. 9454
Author(s):  
Prince T. Mabey ◽  
Wei Li ◽  
Abu J. Sundufu ◽  
Akhtar H. Lashari
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Strategic Environmental Assessment ◽  
Political Will ◽  
Development Framework

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is a proactive and collaborative method for environmental management designed to integrate environmental considerations into decision-making; and it is good for Sierra Leone. To understand whether SEA would be useful in the context of Sierra Leone, the authors interviewed 64 out of 78 experts face to face from March to July 2019. In addition, government policies and regulatory documents on environmental management and sustainable development, published articles served as secondary sources of data. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. These Sierra Leonean experts agreed that SEA would be useful for integration and achievement of improved sustainable urban planning strategies. However, the barriers identified to integrating SEA include: not addressing environmental issues during the preparation of policies and programs, insufficient political will, the absence of clear objectives, targets, principles and approaches, overlapping mandates among environmental institutions, and inadequate institutional coordination and non-integrated development framework as barriers to integrating SEA into their work. The study shows that SEA has the potential to have a positive impact on environmental concerns in decision-making, but it would need to be supported by stronger political will, legal frameworks, and improved technical guidance from the policy perspective. Moreover, we propose a conceptual framework for the inclusion of SEA into the urban planning process in Sierra Leone.

Case Studies of Strategic Environmental Assessment on Urban or Regional Comprehensive Plans in China

2012 ◽  
Vol 253-255 ◽  
pp. 1102-1106
Author(s):  
Li Li Tian
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Strategic Environmental Assessment ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Linkage Mechanism ◽  
Governance Capacity ◽  
Comprehensive Plan ◽  
Regional Sustainable Development ◽  
Comprehensive Plans

In order to achieve urban and regional sustainable development, many strategic environmental assessment (SEA) practices for urban or regional comprehensive plans were conducted in China. An urban or regional comprehensive plan plays an important role in the planning system of China. Through three case studies, the paper examines how the SEAs incorporate environmental considerations into the urban or regional comprehensive plans in practice, and discusses the experiences and shortcomings. The findings show that support from government agencies, timely interaction with planners, participation of multi-stakeholders, linkage mechanism between SEA and project EIA, and improvement of environmental governance capacity can favor the integration of environment into the comprehensive plans. And more effort should be made to strengthen the general public participation and institutional analysis in the SEA practice in China.

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