Ensuring effective sustainability appraisal
- 1 June 2002
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal
- Vol. 20 (2), 81-91
- https://doi.org/10.3152/147154602781766717
Abstract
Environmental and sustainability appraisals of development plans have been carried out in the UK for the last ten years. They have been relatively effective in integrating environmental/sustain- ability considerations in the plans and improving plan-making. However, this system will change in the next two years as European Directive 2001/42/EC becomes operational. This article considers how strategic environmental assessment effectiveness, and factors that contribute to it, can be 'measured'. Based on four questionnaires of UK planning authorities carried out between 1994 and 2001, it summarises the evolution and current status of UK development plan appraisal. It con- siders likely changes that will result from imple- menting the Directive's requirements in the UK, and concludes with lessons that should help to en- sure that the most effective aspects of appraisal are kept as the regulatory context is changed.Keywords
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