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Research In Strategic Environmental Assessment Needs To Better Address Analytical Methods

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  • DAVIDE GENELETTI

    (Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento via Mesiano, Trento, Italy)

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One of the main gaps in current SEA research is the limited development of analytical methods to predict and assess environmental effects, which are tailored to plans, programmes and policies. The scientific literature is producing new standards and evidence-based conclusions on a number of issues that are potentially relevant for SEA, including health, land take, ecosystem fragmentation and energy needs and supply. However, research in SEA is hardly keeping the pace in terms of "translating" these findings into operational recommendations that can be applied in typical SEA contexts. As a result, the analytical content of SEA is often disappointingly low, and the assessment of impacts is still largely based on qualitative descriptions and general statements. Future research should be directed at innovating SEA methods, by promoting the use of appropriate spatially-explicit and (semi)quantitative approaches, which can be based on advances in relevant disciplines, and the increasing availability of data and technology.

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  • Davide Geneletti, 2015. "Research In Strategic Environmental Assessment Needs To Better Address Analytical Methods," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 17(01), pages 1-7.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jeapmx:v:17:y:2015:i:01:n:s1464333215500143
    DOI: 10.1142/S1464333215500143
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    1. Davide Geneletti, 2015. "A Conceptual Approach to Promote the Integration of Ecosystem Services in Strategic Environmental Assessment," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 17(04), pages 1-27, December.

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