Strategic environmental assessment for transport
By: European Conference of Ministers of Transport.
Contributors: European Conference of Ministers of Transport.
Publisher: OECD; Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 91
Subjects: Transportation -- Environmental aspects -- Europe.; Environmental impact analysis -- Europe.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-81).