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SOUTH AFRICA'S RESERVE: CHALLENGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICIES

QUA-ENOO, ALISON BODURTHA; SCHENDEL, KATE; QUINN, NEVIL - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 08 (2006) 01, pp. 61-83

South Africa introduced a visionary policy for water resource management in 1998. The South African National Water Act (Act 36 of 1998) contains several innovative mechanisms with the potential to transform water resource management within the country and abroad. The Reserve is one of these...

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ASSESSMENT OF TRANSPORT POLICIES TOWARD FUTURE EMISSION TARGETS: A BACKCASTING APPROACH FOR STOCKHOLM 2030

ROBÈRT, MARKUS; JONSSON, R. DANIEL - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 08 (2006) 04, pp. 451-478

Stockholm has set a target for greenhouse gas emissions in the year 2030, based on the United Nation's (IPCC) recommendations for an acceptable CO2 level in the atmosphere. In this study we use a backcasting framework to analyze a range of specific transport policies and fuel technology related...

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A STUDY ON ESTABLISHMENT OF EIA SYSTEM IN THE TAIWAN REGION

JOU, JIN-JUH; LIAW, SHU-LIANG - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 08 (2006) 04, pp. 479-494

The purpose of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is to systematically, objectively, scientificly and comprehensively collect data, analyze infromation, predict and assess the potential environmental effects of a development proposed by a private organization or a planning strategy developed...

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WHAT IS WRONG WITH EIA AND SEA ANYWAY? A SCEPTIC'S PERSPECTIVE ON SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT

MORRISON-SAUNDERS, ANGUS; FISCHER, THOMAS B - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 08 (2006) 01, pp. 19-39

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) was initially introduced as an advocacy instrument for the biophysical environment in project decision-making. Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) evolved with a similar mission for strategic level proposals. However, recent trends towards more...

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CAPACITY BUILDING FOR EIA IN BRAZIL: PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS AND PROBLEMS TO BE OVERCOME

KIRCHHOFF, DENIS - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 08 (2006) 01, pp. 1-18

In Brazil, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been part of the environmental legislation since 1981 when the Brazilian National Environmental Policy (BNEP) was established. The BNEP established several tools intended to reconcile socio-economic development with environment conservation....

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MANAGING SUSTAINABILITY WITHIN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

KHALFAN, MALIK M. A. - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 08 (2006) 01, pp. 41-60

This paper presents a 'Sustainability Management Activity Zone' (SMAZ) to support the implementation of sustainable construction practices integrated within a generic design and construction process map, the Process Protocol (1998). This is being investigated within the C-SanD Project (Creating,...

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BEYOND THE PILLARS: SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT AS A FRAMEWORK FOR EFFECTIVE INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN SIGNIFICANT DECISION-MAKING

GIBSON, ROBERT B. - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 08 (2006) 03, pp. 259-280

Sustainability is an essentially integrative concept. It seems reasonable, then, to design sustainability assessment as an essentially integrative process and framework for decision-making on undertakings that may have lasting effects.The realm of sustainability has often been depicted as the...

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