TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EIA IN GERMANY: OUR CHILD HAS GROWN UP

Wolfgang Wende (), Frank Scholles () and Joachim Hartlik ()
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Wolfgang Wende: Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Developement, Dresden, Germany
Frank Scholles: Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany
Joachim Hartlik: Environmental Assessments & Quality Management, Germany

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 2012, vol. 14, issue 04, 1-15

Abstract: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been formally applied in Germany since 1990, and has over time developed a methodological and technical routine in environmental planning practice. It can now be considered an established instrument; nonetheless, substantial challenges to the further development of the EIA, and to even stronger implementation of environmental requirements in planning and decision-making practice in Germany, still exist. This paper reports briefly on the application and the main achievements of the EIA in Germany, and, in the second section, primarily provides a perspective for addressing remaining and new challenges involving this instrument. The paper also includes specific proposals for the further optimization of the EIA at the EU level, as well as for Germany. The current status and future challenges facing the EIA, which are described herein, range from screening and scoping through public participation and monitoring to the area of application.

Keywords: Effectiveness and deficits; Environmental Impact Assesment; evaluation; Germany (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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