Sustainability Indicators Supporting Strategic Environmental Assessment for Urban Planning

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Castellani ◽  
Serenella Sala
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Sustainability Indicators ◽  
Strategic Environmental Assessment

USE OF SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS IN STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESSES CONDUCTED IN BRAZIL

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (02) ◽  
pp. 1450008 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTONIO WALDIMIR LEOPOLDINO DA SILVA ◽  
PAULO MAURÍCIO SELIG ◽  
HANS MICHAEL VAN BELLEN
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Sustainability Indicators ◽  
Strategic Environmental Assessment ◽  
Good Practices

Sustainability indicators (SIs) are important elements in Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) processes. By means of Content Analysis, the documentary study underlying this paper aimed to characterise and analyse the use of SIs in the final reports of 32 SEAs conducted in Brazil. The results are that 30 SEAs utilise SIs, aiming to make the baseline of the study (all of them), anticipate and monitor the effects of the plan or program (73.3%), compare scenarios (46.7%) and/or alternatives (26.7%). Reports have shortcomings in addressing the SIs, such as insufficient description of the selection process, no reference to the selection criteria adopted, and the use of vague and poorly formulated SIs, that are often expressed in the form of impact or objective. Other aspects related to SIs are analysed, with the quantification of their occurrence. The study also highlighted good practices identified in SEAs, which may improve the management of SIs in future processes.

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.

A Framework for Governance of Sustainability Indicator Systems in Strategic Environmental Assessment Processes

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (01) ◽  
pp. 1950007
Author(s):  
Antonio Waldimir Leopoldino da Silva ◽  
Marinilse Netto ◽  
Paulo Maurício Selig ◽  
Alexandre de Ávila Lerípio
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Sustainability Indicators ◽  
Strategic Environmental Assessment ◽  
Governance Model ◽  
Innovative Model ◽  
Methodological Procedures ◽  
Indicator Systems

Sustainability indicators (SIs) are considered an important tool in Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), but their choice and management present shortcomings and must be improved. This work aimed to develop a governance model of SI systems for SEA. The study was carried out by means of documentary research on SEA reports and interviews with leaders of Brazilian SEA working teams, through the application of Content Analysis. The resulting framework, called G-SINDS, is composed of six phases and three transverse elements. Each phase represents a stage of construction of the SI system, with methodological procedures adaptable to the specificity of each SEA process. The transverse elements are factors that affect each phase, in order to perfect them. The G-SINDS represents an innovative model, since it involves the “life cycle of the indicators”, is directed to the SEA and is based on principles and techniques of knowledge management, constituting a means of improving the execution of SEA processes.

Application of an Uncertainty Analysis Approach to Strategic Environmental Assessment for Urban Planning

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 3136-3141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Liu ◽  
Jining Chen ◽  
Weiqi He ◽  
Qingyuan Tong ◽  
Wangfeng Li
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Uncertainty Analysis ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Strategic Environmental Assessment ◽  
Analysis Approach
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