The application of Strategic Environmental Assessment to sustainability assessment of infrastructure development

Arce, Rosa M.; Gullón, Natalia

doi:10.1016/s0195-9255(00)00050-0

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“…The SEA process encompasses the following stages: identifying PPP objectives (screening); setting goals (scoping); selecting indicators (baseline); predicting impacts (scenarios); public consultation and monitoring (ARCE; GULLON, 2000;FINNVEDEN et al, 2003). In the SEA context, Dalkmann et al (2004) recommend the inclusion of techniques of multi-criteria analysis (MCA) to favor the applicability of SEA results in the decisionmaking process.…”

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Multi-criteria analysis in the strategic environmental assessment of the sugar and alcohol sector

et al. 2012

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ABSTRACT. The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the sugar and alcohol sector guides a territorial and sectoral planning that benefits most of the local society and supports this economic activity in all its stages. In this way, the present work aims to determine an index of aggregation of the indicators generated in the baseline of the SEA process, called Index of Sustainability of Expansion of the Sugar and Alcohol Sector (IScana). For this, it was used the normalization of the indicators of each city by the fuzzy logic and attribution of weights by the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Then, the IScana values had been spatialized in the region of 'Grande Dourados'-Mato Grosso do Sul State. The northern portion concentrated the highest values of IScana, 0.48 and 0.55, referring to the cities of Nova Alvorada do Sul and Rio Brilhante, while, in the central portion, the city of Dourados presented the lowest value, 0.10. The selection of the set of indicators forming the IScana, and their relative importance, was satisfactory for the application of fuzzy logic and AHP techniques. The IScana index supplies objective information regarding the diagnosis of the region for the application of SEA.Keywords: sectoral planning, fuzzy logic, AHP method.Análise multicritério no contexto da avaliação ambiental estratégica do setor sucroalcooleiro RESUMO. O processo de Avaliação Ambiental Estratégica (AAE) do setor sucroalcooleiro orienta o planejamento territorial e setorial que beneficia maior parte da sociedade local e conduz a sustentabilidade desta atividade econômica em todas as suas etapas. Deste modo, o presente trabalho busca determinar o índice de agregação dos indicadores gerados na etapa de baseline do processo de AAE, denominado Índice de Sustentabilidade de Expansão do Setor Sucroalcooleiro (IScana). Utilizando, para tanto, normalização dos indicadores de cada município, por meio de lógica fuzzy, e atribuição de pesos, através de Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Em seguida, o IScana foi espacializado na região da Grande Dourados, Estado do Mato Grosso do Sul. A porção norte concentrou os maiores valores de IScana, 0,48 e 0,55, referentes aos municípios de Nova Alvorada do Sul e Rio Brilhante, respectivamente, enquanto, na parte central, o município de Dourados apresentou o menor valor de sustentabilidade, 0,10. A seleção do conjunto de indicadores que formam o IScana, bem como a importância relativa definida para os quais se apresentaram satisfatórias na aplicação da técnica que incorpora lógica Fuzzy e o método AHP. O índice IScana, aplicado na escala de municípios e associado a utilização de SIG, fornece informações objetivas sobre o diagnóstico da região de aplicação da AAE.Palavras-chave: planejamento setorial, lógica fuzzy, método AHP.

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Multi-criteria analysis in the strategic environmental assessment of the sugar and alcohol sector

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“…The Canadian Cabinet Directive for the assessment of PPPs notes that SEAs should be conducted in support of sustainable development and SEA literature points out that sustainability considerations are core to SEA (Arce and Gullón, 2000;White and Noble, 2012). The Update scoping document and panels used at the open house sessions do not mention sustainability, interviewed participants also noted this as a key omission.…”

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New Process, Same Doubts: Participants’ Perceptions of Strategic Environmental Assessment in Western Newfoundland

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Sinclair

Boerchers

et al. 2017

J. Env. Assmt. Pol. Mgmt.

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In order to learn about public participation in Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and identify opportunities for improvement of SEA, this research examined the Western Newfoundland Offshore Area SEA case in Canada. Through analysis of observation and interview data, findings reveal that participants involved recognized the shortcomings of the SEA process implemented despite being SEA neophytes. Data also showed that participants were aware that the basics of meaningful public consultation were not met. Participants recognized the need for alternative approaches and possibly an alternative name for the process in which they participated. They also indicated their dissatisfaction with the SEA, and related participation activities, noting they were left with feelings of distrust in the process and the sense that decisions were foregone. These findings undermine the credibility of SEA and erode its potential as a promising tool for enhancing policy, plans, and programs and eventually project decisions.

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“…Thus, the narrow focus of this tool is seen as inadequate for advancing general (and proactive) policy objectives, such as sustainability (Arce & Gull6n, 2000;Shepherd & Ortolano, 1996). EIA is seen as negative and critical; "It does not generate solutions, it sets limitations or requirements on what can be done" (Holtz, 1990, p. 103).…”

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Procedural Integration in Support of Sustainability at Army Installations

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The application of Strategic Environmental Assessment to sustainability assessment of infrastructure development

Cited by 73 publications

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Multi-criteria analysis in the strategic environmental assessment of the sugar and alcohol sector

Multi-criteria analysis in the strategic environmental assessment of the sugar and alcohol sector

New Process, Same Doubts: Participants’ Perceptions of Strategic Environmental Assessment in Western Newfoundland

Procedural Integration in Support of Sustainability at Army Installations

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