Translating strong principles into effective practice: environmental assessment in Ontario, Canada

Beth Savan and Christopher Gore

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2015, vol. 58, issue 3, 404-422

Abstract: This paper examines two fundamental and inter-related tensions relating to environmental assessment between the desire to be proactive, promoting sustainable development and the more traditional practice of preventing harm, as well as the need to balance a predictable, expeditious and efficient process with transparency and inclusive deliberation. Proposed reforms to the environmental assessment process in Ontario, Canada, are examined as a case in point, showing how the recommendations in Ontario are consistent with international trends. In particular, over-arching principles need to be embedded in more precise sector-specific policies to enable environmental assessment processes to meet these competing goals.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2013.859572

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