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Environmental Impact Assessment Research In Japan: Retrospective And Prospective

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  • SHIGEO NISHIKIZAWA

    (Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

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Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) research have been performed in a wide range of topics over 40 years in Japan. The study underlying this paper reviewed the achievement of Japanese EIA research through the academic database survey and identified which areas would be required for future EIA research. As a result, whilst there are only 30–50 EIAs conducted per year under EIA Act and genuine SEA is currently not practiced, there is a noticeable research interest with over 30 associated research papers published in the professional Japanese literature every year on average. Most of EIA articles could be classified into five groups; (a) systems and laws, (b) methods, (c) Theme-oriented Studies, (d) Sector-oriented Studies and (e) Case Studies. The following three main areas were identified for future EIA research; (1) studies on pro-active sound decision making for sustainability; (2) effectiveness of EIA from a proponent's viewpoint, leading to enhance public acceptance, for example; and (3) substantive and methodological aspects, including the use of both quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods.

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  • Shigeo Nishikizawa, 2015. "Environmental Impact Assessment Research In Japan: Retrospective And Prospective," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 17(01), pages 1-9.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jeapmx:v:17:y:2015:i:01:n:s1464333215500131
    DOI: 10.1142/S1464333215500131
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