Strategic environmental assessment of comprehensive plans: A comparative analysis of comprehensive plans from Scotland, California, and New Zealand.

Summary

Abstract	Abstract The environmental assessment of comprehensive plans is often referred to as 'strategic environmental assessment' (SEA). SEA facilitates the integration of environmental and sustainability considerations and comprehensive planning. The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the effectiveness of SEA of comprehensive plans in three case studies located in Scotland, California and New Zealand. To compare effectiveness, a framework is developed against which the cases are evaluated. This study demonstrates that SEA application is only adequately effective. It was found that current SEA practice does not accurately reflect SEA theory, and furthermore, that there are a number of shortcomings identified in current practice that need to be improved. The knowledge for conducting SEA successfully is there and waiting to be applied. SEA can be seen as a catalyst toward more integrated planning for sustainable development. SEA is still evolving and current practice provides a stepping stone for something more substantial.
Persons	Persons Author (aut): Slanz Ignas, Christine Thesis advisor (ths): Baker, Douglas Thesis advisor (ths): Curry, John Allan
Degree Name	Degree Name Master of Natural Resources & Environmental Studies (MNRES)
Department	Department Natural Resources & Environmental Studies
DOI	DOI https://doi.org/10.24124/2004/bpgub301
Collection(s)	Collection(s) Dissertations and Theses

Origin Information

Date Created/Date Issued	2004
Publisher	University of Northern British Columbia
Issuance	monographic

Organizations

Degree Level

Subjects and Classifications

Subject Topic	Subject Topic Environmental impact analysis -- Case studies. Land use -- Planning -- Scotland. Land use -- Planning -- California. Land use -- Planning -- New Zealand.
Library of Congress Classification	Library of Congress Classification TD194.6 .I36 2003

Resource Description

Extent	Extent Number of pages in document: 205
Physical Form	Physical Form electronic
Content type	Content type Digital Document
Resource Type	Resource Type Text
Genre	Genre thesis
Language	Language English

Identifiers

Handle	Handle Handle placeholder
ISBN	ISBN 978-0-494-04672-2

Access and Rights

Use and Reproduction	Use and Reproduction Copyright retained by the author.
Rights Statement	Rights Statement IN COPYRIGHT

Language	English
Name	Strategic environmental assessment of comprehensive plans: A comparative analysis of comprehensive plans from Scotland, California, and New Zealand.
Authored on	2025-03-20
MIME type	application/pdf
File size	7009505
Media Use	Original File

Download