Assessing the Cumulative Effects of Project Clusters: A Comparison of Process and Methods in Four UK Cases

Jake Piper

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2001, vol. 44, issue 3, 357-375

Abstract: Changes to the European Union's environmental impact legislation, and growing awareness of the need for full assessment of environmental effects where two or more projects come together, will lead to increasing activity in cumulative effects assessment. However, various issues arise which are not currently covered by guidance in the European Union. Four cases of cumulative effects assessment carried out in the UK during the 1990s are explored; these involve wind farms and mixed industrial developments in both densely populated and remote rural areas. Guidance appears to be needed on issues such as setting study boundaries in time and space, characterizing cumulative impacts, assessing impact significance and instituting and ensuring subsequent monitoring, evaluation and management. The paper examines the process followed in each of these cases, in comparison with a 'best practice' process recommended by the US Council on Environmental Quality. Three stages are considered: scoping; setting the environmental baseline; and determining the environmental consequences. The methods used in impact identification and assessment in the four cases are also outlined.

Date: 2001
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