Preliminary SEA of the Great Western Development Strategy : The Five Key Development Domains
The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) objectives are to provide a general baseline description of the environment in western China, analysis of the environmental impacts of Great Western Development Strategy (GWDS) plans, and to provide sugg...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/917661468025174786/Preliminary-SEA-of-the-great-western-development-strategy-The-five-key-development-domains http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36142 |
| Summary: | The Strategic Environmental Assessment
(SEA) objectives are to provide a general baseline
description of the environment in western China, analysis of
the environmental impacts of Great Western Development
Strategy (GWDS) plans, and to provide suggestions for
mitigating measures or alternatives to facilitate the GWDS
decision-making process. This study represents a trial-SEA
in China and provides an opportunity to develop experience
and capacity at the strategic level of assessment, to date
this level of analysis (strategic planning) has been
especially rare in China. The vast scale, scope and duration
of the GWDS make it a challenging subject for a preliminary
SEA. The development and implementation of SEA systems
represents the most important development in impact
assessment over the last decade, yet there remains
significant debate on exactly what SEA is and a wide variety
of different approaches are currently in use. This is
because of the very broad practical implications of SEA,
which means that even the most advanced countries are still
refining their systems to get the most out of this tool. |
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