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Sustainability impact assessment in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: “both necessary and impossible”

Bibliographic Data

ID21153834
AuthorsMee Kam Ng (0000-0003-2599-098X, HKU-Pasteur Research Pole), Dennis Lai Hang Hui (HKU-Pasteur Research Pole)
Year2007
Volume25
Issue3
Pages233-238
Publication date2007-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueImpact Assessment and Project Appraisal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-5517 • E-ISSN: 1471-5465
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3152/146155107x217280
OpenAlexW2073093869
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited7

Rapid economic integration of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta under the policy of “One Country Two Systems” and the consequent social and environmental degradation mean that assessment of sustainability impacts of development projects is essential. However, some fundamental problems are identified for the two systems to carry out SIA before embarking on development projects: minimal integration in terms of institutional set-up, strategies and policies concerning sustainable development; pre-set sustainability indicators rather than tailor-made ones to assess policies, programmes and projects of various nature; and rather different social, economic and environmental norms and development problems. In the short run, given these constraints, SIA in the region though “necessary” is rather “impossible”. Nevertheless, recommendations are put forward to facilitate regional cooperation of SIA practices in the longer term

Business · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Environmental Sustainability Index · Geography · Pearl · Political science · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Environmental and Social Impact Assessments · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Mining and Resource Management

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