“Ripe for decision”: Tiering in environmental assessment

Thérivel, Riki; González, Ainhoa

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2020.106520

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“…However, tiering of information is still rare and limited. Studies have long been showing that tiering practice falls short of promise, even when jurisdictions have mandatory tiering requirements (Therivel & González, 2021). As a result, EIA-based decision-making has long been suffering from fragmentation.…”

Section: Scales Of Application and Tiering Of Informationmentioning

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Introduction to the Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment

2022

Integrated Impact Assessment: Coming Out of the Shadows?

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Main roles in the EIA process Typical expectations of the EIA process Lawmakers Create and change laws and regulations; learn from past regulatory experience; disclose information to society. Procedural efficiency; adherence to partisan and/or voters' values. Judicial Bodies Various judicial bodies are required to engage in EIAs when conflicts escalate. Their roles include judicial review; hermeneutics; meetings; public hearings; court ruling; etc. Fairness; consistency; transparency; access to information; openness to contradictory perspectives, etc. Researchers or Scholars Researchers have long been studying EIA theory and practice. Their roles include characterization of practice; proposals of new approaches to EIA; theorization of EIA; collection of empirical data; dissemination of practice; capacity-building; etc. At times, researchers act as practitioners taking the roles of consultants, independent verifiers, reviewers, etc. Effectiveness of practice (procedural, substantive, transactive, normative, etc.); access of information to conduct studies; adherence to best practice; comparability; empirical value for future studies.

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Section: Scales Of Application and Tiering Of Informationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Introduction to the Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment

2022

Integrated Impact Assessment: Coming Out of the Shadows?

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“…For example, addressed the issue of tiering in follow-up, meaning how best to filter follow-up activities from plan stage follow-up through to project stage follow-up, but also the other way around, how follow-up from individual projects can inform future plans and other strategic initiatives. Several authors emphasise the importance of tiering within impact assessment generally and explicitly link this with follow-up (for example, Therivel and González, 2021;Partidário and Arts, 2005;Wallgren et al, 2011;Arts et al, 2011;Cherp et al, 2011;Sánchez and Silva-Sánchez, 2008). Given the importance of this issue, and the lack of mention of tiering in the general EIA best practice principles (IAIA and IEA, 1999), we feel it is appropriate to include a relevant principle here; similar to the approach taken in Gachechiladze et al (2009) and also Fitzpatrick and Williams (2020).…”

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Reflecting on, and revising, international best practice principles for EIA follow-up

Morrison‐Saunders

Arts

Bond

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Environmental Impact Assessment Review

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Follow-up is a vital component of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), being essential for understanding assessment outcomes. Long-standing international best practice principles for EIA follow-up are reviewed, and revisions proposed, based on workshops with academics and practitioners, literature review and self-reflection. The proposed revision of EIA follow-up principles will feature an introduction with a simple definition and explanation of objectives for follow-up, and 15 principles. The revised principles address: objective; context; early establishment; project life-cycle; transparency; accessibility; accountability; performance criteria provision; enforcement; learning; adaptive environmental management; flexible or adaptive approach; tiering; cumulative effects and overall performance evaluation. Through publishing this proposal, it is hoped to simultaneously inform or inspire EIA practitioners to enhance their own follow-up knowledge and practices, and to seek input for further refinements that might lead to a revised set of international best practice principles for EIA follow-up.

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“…After decades of application in practice, SEA began evolving into its own process, recognizing that planning on strategic levels requires different approaches than project-level assessments allow (Sadler & Verheem 2023;Fischer & González 2021;Noble & Nwanekezie 2017;Fundingsland Tetlow & Hanusch 2012;Herrera 2007;Bina 2007). Instead of viewing SEA as a derivative of the EIA process, literature has placed emphasis on their tiered relationship (Gallardo & Bond 2023;González & Therivel 2022;Therivel & González 2021), the general idea being that strategic decisions made on the SEA level inform the development of underlying and relevant projects on EIA levels (Therivel & González 2021;Arts et al 2012). Tiering emerged in part because project-level assessment was determined to enter too late in terms of creating the desired impact on decision-making, and SEA would thus be a way of settling upon certain strategic decisions within which EIAs would need to comply (Arts et al 2012;Partidário & Clark 2000).…”

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Sustainable Development Goals in Environmental Assessment: Abilities to change a practice and pursue a greater sustainability focus

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“Ripe for decision”: Tiering in environmental assessment

Cited by 20 publications

References 16 publications

Introduction to the Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment

Introduction to the Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment

Reflecting on, and revising, international best practice principles for EIA follow-up

Sustainable Development Goals in Environmental Assessment: Abilities to change a practice and pursue a greater sustainability focus

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