Strategic Environmental Assessment for Transport [electronic resource] /
European Conference of Ministers of Transport.
European Conference of Ministers of  TransportContent Provider
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2000.
Environmental impact assessments are an essential component of making decisions on transport infrastructure investments. Traditional procedures have proved ineffective for impacts that go beyond the scope of projects in isolation. Strategic environmental assessment has emerged in response, to address large scale effects including impacts on traffic across networks, impacts on climate change and biodiversity and the impacts of policy decisions as opposed simply to individual projects. This report examines recent experience in developing environmental assessment internationally and makes recommendations on maximising the effectiveness of this new tool.
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""List of Boxes""; ""Box 1.  Some key examples of SEA""; ""Box 2.  Other examples of SEA at different levels of transport planning""; ""Box 3.  Towards new internal procedures for SEA of Community policies and legislation""; ""Box 4.  Commission and Council policy statements regarding SEA for transport""; ""Box 5.  The High Speed Rail study: key issues and recommendations for the future SEA process of the TEN""; ""Box 6.  Transport Infrastructure needs Assessment in Central Europe (TINA) â€? Extending the Unionâ€?s...""; ""Box 7.  SEA provisions or initiatives in international organisations""
""Box 8.  Key issues and deficiencies of SEA""""Box 9.  SEA research priorities""; ""Box 10.  SEA research in the Directorate-General for Environment (DG XI)""; ""Box 11.  European Framework Research Programmes""; ""Box 12.  SEIA Document""; ""List of Tables""; ""Table 1.  Characteristics and benefits of SEA""; ""Table 2.  Impacts and indicators for transport SEA""; ""Table 3.  Contents of a SEA report for a transport infrastructure plan""; ""Table 4.  SEA in the EU Member States, legal requirements (A), examples (B) and other mechanisms (C)""
""Table 5.  Overview of EIA and Sea Legislative Provision in Ceecs""""Table 6.  Northern corridor route selection criteria""; ""Table 7.  Selection of Key Indicators used in the Polish Motorway Network SEA""; ""Table 8.  M4 CAF Objectives and Strategic Indicators""; ""Table 9.  Relevant selected spatial and ecological issues for a SEA of the TEN""; ""Table 1.  Envisaged TERM indicator list (key indicators in blue) ""; ""List of Figures""; ""Figure 1.  Sequence of actions and assessments within a tiered planning and assessment system""
""Figure 2.  A model for defining tne contents and process of SEA in the transport sector""""Figure 3.  RDPs and the SEA Process""; ""Figure 4.  Proposal for a comprehensive assessment framework for transport SEA""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1. Role of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)""; ""2. Progress""; ""3. Priorities for Improvement""; ""4. Additional Priorities in Central and Eastern European Countries and the New Independent States""; ""5. Transport Ministriesâ€? Response""; ""6. Recapitulation""; ""1.  Introduction""
""Concepts and Definitions""""2.  Role and Key Elements of SEA""; ""A. The Role of SEA""; ""Figure 1.  Sequence of actions and assessments within a tiered planning and assessment system""; ""Table 1.  Characteristics and benefits of SEA""; ""Table 2.  Impacts and indicators for transport SEA""; ""B. The SEA Process""; ""Table 3.  Contents of a SEA report for a transport infrastructure plan""; ""C. SEA Techniques""; ""3.  SEA Experience and Practice""; ""A. General Country Experience and Practice of SEA""; ""Box 1.  Some key examples of SEA""
""Table 4.  SEA in the EU Member States, legal requirements (A), examples (B) and other mechanisms (C)""
Environmental impact assessments are an essential component of making decisions on transport infrastructure investments. Traditional procedures have proved ineffective for impacts that go beyond the scope of projects in isolation. Strategic environmental assessment has emerged in response, to address large scale effects including impacts on traffic across networks, impacts on climate change and biodiversity and the impacts of policy decisions as opposed simply to individual projects. This report examines recent experience in developing environmental assessment internationally and makes recommendations on maximising the effectiveness of this new tool.
Environmental impact analysis -- Europe.
Transport and Environment.
Transportation -- Environmental aspects -- Europe.
Transportation
Environmental impact analysis
Environmental Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Engineering & Applied Sciences
Transport and Environment