Record Nr.

UNINA9910454706503321

Titolo

Strategic environmental assessment for policies [[electronic resource] ] : an instrument for good governance / / Kulsum Ahmed and Ernesto Sánchez-Triana, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2008

ISBN

0-8213-6763-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

Environment and development

Altri autori (Persone)

AhmedKulsum <1964->

Sánchez TrianaErnesto

Disciplina

333.72

Soggetti

Environmental policy

Environmental impact analysis

Sustainable development

Strategic planning - Environmental aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This edited book derives from the background papers originally prepared as the basis for a World Bank study published in 2005, titled Integrating Environmental Considerations in Policy Formulation: Lessons from Policy-Based SEA Experience (Report No. 32783)."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

SEA and policy formulation / Kulsum Ahmed and Ernesto Sánchez-Triana -- Policy-level strategic environmental assessments: process integration and incentives of policy proponents / Leonard Ortolano -- The continuous process of policy formation / Martha S. Feldman and Anne M. Khademian -- Toward environmental priority setting in development / Richard D. Morgenstern -- Giving the most vulnerable a voice / Caroline Kende-Robb and Warren A. Van Wicklin III -- Building and reinforcing social accountability for improved environmental governance / Harry Blair -- Learning in environmental policy making and implementation / Alnoor Ebrahim -- Using strategic environmental assessments to design and implement public policy / Kulsum Ahmed and Ernesto Sánchez-Triana.

Sommario/riassunto

Environmentally and socially sustainable policies are essential for good governance. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is the key tool

for integrating environmental considerations into policies, programs and plans. This book focuses on SEA applied to policies. Through lessons learned from previous use of SEA on policies, it draws lessons on the strengths and weaknesses of current SEA methodology. It then goes on to analyze how policies are formulated and implemented and proposes a new conceptual framework for conducting SEA of policies that potentially could be more useful in influencin