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An Alternative Approach To Institutional Analysis In Strategic Environmental Assessment In China

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  • ZHIXI ZHU

    (College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, China)

  • HUIZHI WANG

    (College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, China)

  • HE XU

    (SEA Center, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, China)

  • HONGTAO BAI

    (College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, China)

Abstract

This paper advocates a modification of the impact-based approach to strategic environmental assessment (SEA) which seems unable to address institutional weaknesses in most conventional SEA cases in China. It identifies a possible alternative approach, i.e. an impact-centred SEA with institutional components, and presents an analytical framework for institutional analysis, including a four-phase methodology to address and improve institutional weaknesses. Subsequently, the analytical framework is applied to an SEA pilot for a provincial transport plan in China. The case study demonstrates (1) that the proposed approach is adequate even in relatively fixed SEA processes; and (2) that the components and the logical relationships among factors elaborated on in the analytical framework are reasonable. In addition, the components of the framework that need to be improved and the perspectives for future application are discussed.

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  • Zhixi Zhu & Huizhi Wang & He Xu & Hongtao Bai, 2010. "An Alternative Approach To Institutional Analysis In Strategic Environmental Assessment In China," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 12(02), pages 155-183.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jeapmx:v:12:y:2010:i:02:n:s1464333210003589
    DOI: 10.1142/S1464333210003589
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    1. Pietro Caratti & Holger Dalkmann & Rodrigo Jiliberto (ed.), 2004. "Analysing Strategic Environmental Assessment," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 3149.
    2. Kulsum Ahmed & Ernesto Sánchez-Triana, 2008. "Strategic Environmental Assessment for Policies : An Instrument for Good Governance," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 6461, December.
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