Jill A E Gunn
Biographic Data
| ID | 6272302 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jill A E Gunn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jill A E |
| FAMILY NAME | Gunn |
| SIGNATURE | GUNN J A E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Saskatchewan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Challenges to integrating planning and policy-making with environmental assessment on a regional scale – a multi-institutional perspective
Regional environmental assessment (EA) requires the participation of policy- and plan-making institutions to formulate, implement and monitor regional environmental management strategies. However, there is little understanding of what effective integration is in the context of regional EA and from the perspectives of planners and policy-makers involved. This paper seeks to explore how institutional actors perceive cross-domain integration vis-à-v…
Integration of environmental assessment with planning and policy-making on a regional scale
Disparate perceptions about uncertainty consideration and disclosure practices in environmental assessment and opportunities for improvement
Selection of valued ecosystem components in cumulative effects assessment
Valued ecosystem component (VEC) selection is a core component of cumulative effects assessment (CEA) and gives direction to impact analysis, mitigation and monitoring. Yet little is known about CEA VEC selection practices. This paper examines 11 Canadian road infrastructure project CEAs completed between 1995 and 2011 to determine how VEC selection in CEA is performed, and whether these practices are sensitive to the linear project development c…
First steps toward best practice SEA in a developing nation
The intent of this study is to contribute to the discussion of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) best practice based on experience gained in a recent SEA initiative: the central Namib (Namibia) uranium rush SEA. We evaluate this SEA process against internationally established characteristics of ‘best practice’ SEA to improve and strengthen future practice in Namibia. The study draws primarily on the final assessment report as well as input…
A review of uncertainty research in impact assessment
Impact assessment
David P. Lawrence's Impact Assessment: Practical Solutions to Recurrent Problems and Contemporary Challenges, 2nd ed. claims to enhance impact assessment (IA) practices, and to provide ‘practical s
International perspectives on the strengthening of impact assessment through integration and focus
This paper consolidates international responses to the argument that there is a need to strengthen impact assessment (IA) through greater integration and focus. It is based on invited reflections by various international authors in the field of IA. The main conclusions are that power and context are important underlying reasons for the diversity of IA types; that in certain instances IA legislation works against achieving integration and focus; a…
Strengthening impact assessment
We suggest that the impact assessment community has lost its way based on our observation that impact assessment is under attack because of a perceived lack of efficiency. Specifically, we contend that the proliferation of different impact assessment types creates separate silos of expertise and feeds arguments for not only a lack of efficiency but also a lack of effectiveness of the process through excessive specialisation and a lack of interdis…
Impact assessment
This paper argues that Governments have sought to streamline impact assessment in recent years (defined as the last five years) to counter concerns over the costs and potential for delays to economic development. We hypothesise that this has had some adverse consequences on the benefits that subsequently accrue from the assessments. This hypothesis is tested using a framework developed from arguments for the benefits brought by Environmental Impa…
Institutional considerations in watershed cumulative effects assessment and management
This paper examines the role of institutional arrangements as either facilitating or constraining the practice of watershed cumulative effects assessment and management (W-CEAM) within the context of the Grand River watershed (GRW), Canada. The research is based on document review, a focus group and 29 interviews conducted with academic experts, project proponents, government and watershed agencies representatives, non-governmental organization r…
Survey of current methods and guidance for strategic environmental assessment
This paper examines methods promoted and used in strategic environmental assessment (SEA) practice, practitioner choices about methodology and the nature of SEA guidance. Results show that SEA is not challenged by a lack of methods, but the range of methods promoted and used is restrictive. A major challenge to practice is making the ‘right choices’ about methods and methodology. Much SEA guidance is focused on flexibility in SEA, providing high-…
Conceptual and methodological challenges to integrating SEA and cumulative effects assessment
Impact assessment
This paper argues that Governments have sought to streamline impact assessment in recent years (defined as the last five years) to counter concerns over the costs and potential for delays to economic development. We hypothesise that this has had some adverse consequences on the benefits that subsequently accrue from the assessments. This hypothesis is tested using a framework developed from arguments for the benefits brought by Environmental Impa…
Conceptual and methodological challenges to integrating SEA and cumulative effects assessment
Disparate perceptions about uncertainty consideration and disclosure practices in environmental assessment and opportunities for improvement
Conceptual and methodological challenges to integrating SEA and cumulative effects assessment
Survey of current methods and guidance for strategic environmental assessment
This paper examines methods promoted and used in strategic environmental assessment (SEA) practice, practitioner choices about methodology and the nature of SEA guidance. Results show that SEA is not challenged by a lack of methods, but the range of methods promoted and used is restrictive. A major challenge to practice is making the ‘right choices’ about methods and methodology. Much SEA guidance is focused on flexibility in SEA, providing high-…
Institutional considerations in watershed cumulative effects assessment and management
This paper examines the role of institutional arrangements as either facilitating or constraining the practice of watershed cumulative effects assessment and management (W-CEAM) within the context of the Grand River watershed (GRW), Canada. The research is based on document review, a focus group and 29 interviews conducted with academic experts, project proponents, government and watershed agencies representatives, non-governmental organization r…
Impact assessment
David P. Lawrence's Impact Assessment: Practical Solutions to Recurrent Problems and Contemporary Challenges, 2nd ed. claims to enhance impact assessment (IA) practices, and to provide ‘practical s
International perspectives on the strengthening of impact assessment through integration and focus
This paper consolidates international responses to the argument that there is a need to strengthen impact assessment (IA) through greater integration and focus. It is based on invited reflections by various international authors in the field of IA. The main conclusions are that power and context are important underlying reasons for the diversity of IA types; that in certain instances IA legislation works against achieving integration and focus; a…
Strengthening impact assessment
We suggest that the impact assessment community has lost its way based on our observation that impact assessment is under attack because of a perceived lack of efficiency. Specifically, we contend that the proliferation of different impact assessment types creates separate silos of expertise and feeds arguments for not only a lack of efficiency but also a lack of effectiveness of the process through excessive specialisation and a lack of interdis…
Impact assessment
This paper argues that Governments have sought to streamline impact assessment in recent years (defined as the last five years) to counter concerns over the costs and potential for delays to economic development. We hypothesise that this has had some adverse consequences on the benefits that subsequently accrue from the assessments. This hypothesis is tested using a framework developed from arguments for the benefits brought by Environmental Impa…
Selection of valued ecosystem components in cumulative effects assessment
Valued ecosystem component (VEC) selection is a core component of cumulative effects assessment (CEA) and gives direction to impact analysis, mitigation and monitoring. Yet little is known about CEA VEC selection practices. This paper examines 11 Canadian road infrastructure project CEAs completed between 1995 and 2011 to determine how VEC selection in CEA is performed, and whether these practices are sensitive to the linear project development c…
First steps toward best practice SEA in a developing nation
The intent of this study is to contribute to the discussion of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) best practice based on experience gained in a recent SEA initiative: the central Namib (Namibia) uranium rush SEA. We evaluate this SEA process against internationally established characteristics of ‘best practice’ SEA to improve and strengthen future practice in Namibia. The study draws primarily on the final assessment report as well as input…
A review of uncertainty research in impact assessment
Challenges to integrating planning and policy-making with environmental assessment on a regional scale – a multi-institutional perspective
Regional environmental assessment (EA) requires the participation of policy- and plan-making institutions to formulate, implement and monitor regional environmental management strategies. However, there is little understanding of what effective integration is in the context of regional EA and from the perspectives of planners and policy-makers involved. This paper seeks to explore how institutional actors perceive cross-domain integration vis-à-v…
Integration of environmental assessment with planning and policy-making on a regional scale
Disparate perceptions about uncertainty consideration and disclosure practices in environmental assessment and opportunities for improvement
Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (13 works) · Computer Science (12 works) · Environmental planning (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Engineering (8 works) · Environmental resource management (8 works) · Mining and Resource Management (8 works) · Environmental Science (7 works) · Geography (6 works)