| Abstract: | This study explores the current implementation challenges of the Policy Environmental Assessment (PEA), including the implementation
of a far richer, more diverse (at macro level), and better understanding of PEA and integration with decision making. The
results contribute to the analysis of PEA through different hierarchies of assessment. Stemming from the theory and practice
of policy, a concept of PEA hierarchies is proposed including the uppermost PEA, upper-lower PEA, and lowermost PEA. Afterward,
the differences of the three hierarchies are interpreted, in terms of aims, principles, processes, and methods. The evaluation
of the policy environmental impacts from different lens helps solve the complexities of policies and identify opportunities
for improvement of PEA. |
