What is the alternative? Impact assessment tools and sustainable planning
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21154331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John F Benson (0000-0002-3993-4340, Newcastle College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 261-280 |
| Publication date | 2003-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-5517 • E-ISSN: 1471-5465 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3152/147154603781766185 |
| OpenAlex | W2042200115 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 44 |
| References cited | 41 |
This paper takes a critical look at environmental impact assessment (EIA), especially in the UK, and evaluates its strengths and weaknesses in terms of sustainable spatial planning. Of the many shortcomings and criticisms levelled at impact assessment, the paper concentrates on those elements considered crucial to a move towards sustainable planning, in particular the role of public participation, issues of alternatives and uncertainty, the problem of cumulative effects, the diversity of value systems, the issue of decision-making and the links from impact assessment into integrated environmental management. It concludes that the current European Union (UK) EIA system does not, and probably will not, without radical improvement, offer a tool for sustainable planning. Keywords: environmental impact assessmentsustainable planningimpact assessment tools
Business · Environmental impact assessment · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Impact assessment · Political science · Sustainable development · Environmental and Social Impact Assessments · Environmental Science · Mining and Resource Management · Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
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Decision-making about project design changes during impact assessment review
Environmental Impact Assessments for deep-sea mining
Proponent decision-making about project design modifications to address environmental concerns identified during impact assessment
Selection of valued ecosystem components in cumulative effects assessment
Is floating photovoltaic better than conventional photovoltaic? Assessing environmental impacts
The interminable issue of effectiveness
Cultural heritage in project management
Improving quality
Environmental licensing and energy policy regulating utility-scale solar photovoltaic installations in Brazil
Welcome to a roundtable discussion on strengthening impact assessment
Decision criteria for the identification of alternatives in strategic environmental assessment
Mission impossible
Impact assessment as planning (not permitting)
Re-politicizing participation or reframing environmental governance? Beyond indigenous’ prior consultation and citizen participation
Experience and lessons from health impact assessment for human rights impact assessment
Guidelines for the analysis of the inclusion of biodiversity in Environmental Impact Statements
Learning How to Deal with Values, Frames and Governance in Sustainability Appraisal
Participating in Rural Appraisal? A Review of Participatory GIS and Citizen Science Approaches
Integration of environmental assessment with planning and policy-making on a regional scale
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Environmental impact assessment
Strategic planning at the national level
Re-evaluating Sustainability Assessment
Advancing the theory and practice of impact assessment
The role of science in environmental impact assessment
Conceptual and methodological challenges to integrating SEA and cumulative effects assessment
Public participation in environmental assessments in the EU
Application of the SEA Directive to EU structural funds
Danish experiences on EIA of livestock projects
Determination of significance in Ecological Impact Assessment
Environment and energy in Iceland
Assessing human rights impacts in corporate development projects
Innovation in impact assessment theory and practice
Biodiversity and the mining Environmental Impact Statements of the state of São Paulo - Brazil
The Impact of the Belt and Road Initiative on the Indigenous Communities in the Middle East Region
The Latent Potential of Cumulative Effects Concepts in National and International Environmental Impact Assessment Regimes
Ecological politics in an age of risk
Risk Society
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EIA, Decision-making Theory and Screening and Scoping in UK Practice
Citizen values assessment
Role of values in public decision-making
Sustainability appraisal for sustainable development
Rationality in decision- and policy-making
Principles to guide the development of strategic environmental assessment methodology
The First 10 years of the UK EIA System
Environmental impact assessment
Technology, Rationality and Domination
Benefits arising from sea application—a comparative review of north west england, noord-holland, and brandenburg-berlin
Cumulative effects assessment
Environmental Impact Assessment Handbook
Frame conflicts and the formulation of alternatives
Testing for sustainable development through environmental assessment
Strategic environmental assessment of development plans in great britain
Implementation of SEA in Flanders
Planning theories and environmental impact assessment
The need for EIA theory-building
The Effect of Environmental Assessment on UK Local Planning Authority Decisions
A Ladder Of Citizen Participation
Risk society
The Theory of Environmental Impact Assessment
| Unique citing works | 44 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2026 (23) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 42 |