PARTICIPATIVE SEA APPROACH FOR DATA COLLECTION AND OBJECTIVE FORMULATION

Juan Azcarate () and Berit Balfors ()
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Juan Azcarate: Cra 18 No. 89-16, Edifico Origami, Apto 401, Bogotá, Columbia
Berit Balfors: Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 2009, vol. 11, issue 02, 189-211

Abstract: This paper analyses the interaction between data needs and objective formulation in Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). This topic is discussed from the experiences that were gained by designing and applying a participative SEA pre-study process in the developing region of the Sonso Lagoon, Colombia. Data collection and issue identification are described, as are the different purposes and similarities with objective-led and baseline-led SEAs. It is argued that the participative framework used in Sonso can be applied in similar developing country contexts where there is a lack of environmental data and clear development goals. Finally, it is stressed that the participative SEA pre-study process can be implemented in situations where different sector objectives conflict or in circumstances where there is a need to formulate regional or municipal development objectives.

Keywords: Strategic Environmental Assessment; scale and data; public participation; objective formulation; developing countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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