ADDRESSING CUMULATIVE EFFECTS THROUGH STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT: A CASE STUDY OF SMALL HYDRO DEVELOPMENT IN NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA

Steve Bonnell () and Keith Storey ()
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Steve Bonnell: 63 Barbour Drive, Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, Canada A1N 2P3, Canada
Keith Storey: Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1B 3X9, Canada

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 2000, vol. 02, issue 04, 477-499

Abstract: Environmental assessment (EA) is widely used as a means of incorporating environmental considerations into decision-making, primarily at the project level. The scope of EA has been expanded considerably in recent years to include earlier stages of the decision-making process, namely, policies, plans and programmes. Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) facilitates a planning approach to addressing the overall, cumulative effects of the projects that occur as a result of these decisions. This paper demonstrates the potential benefits of SEA in the assessment and management of cumulative effects, using a case study of recent hydroelectric development planning in Newfoundland, Canada. It goes on to illustrate how SEA could be used to address potential cumulative effects at the various stages of such a decision-making process. Through the case study, the paper also explores a number of issues in the implementation of such a planning approach.

Keywords: cumulative effects; strategic environmental assessment; hydroelectric; Newfoundland; planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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