Case studies: Application of SEA in provincial level expressway infrastructure network planning in China — Current existing problems |
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Authors: | Kai-Yi Zhou William R. Sheate |
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Affiliation: | aCentre of Strategic Environmental Assessment for China, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong;bCentre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | Since the Law of the People's Republic of China on Environmental Impact Assessment was enacted in 2003 and Huanfa 2004 No. 98 was released in 2004, Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) has been officially being implemented in the expressway infrastructure planning field in China. Through scrutinizing two SEA application cases of China's provincial level expressway infrastructure (PLEI) network plans, it is found that current SEA practice in expressway infrastructure planning field has a number of problems including: SEA practitioners do not fully understand the objective of SEA; its potential contributions to strategic planning and decision-making is extremely limited; the employed application procedure and prediction and assessment techniques are too simple to bring objective, unbiased and scientific results; and no alternative options are considered. All these problems directly lead to poor quality SEA and consequently weaken SEA's effectiveness. |
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Keywords: | China Strategic environmental assessment SEA Procedure Process Effectiveness Road planning Sustainable development |
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