Legislative environmental assessment : an evaluation of procedure and context with reference to Canada and the Netherlands

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This thesis considers the application of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) to legislative proposals, referred to here as Legislative Environmental Assessment (legislative EA). The objective of legislative EA is to contribute towards sustainable development. The purpose of the thesis is to identify developing processes of legislative EA which have the greatest likelihood of achieving this objective. The thesis examines whether such processes can and should be applied in Australia. The first part considers the theory of SEA and systems of legislative EA. This examines the purpose, evolution, scope and difficulties of each process. Although SEA has been applied mostly to policies, plans and programs (PPPs) in the area of land use planning, more recently it has also been applied to legislative proposals. Experience with legislative EA in North America and Europe is analysed, to emphasise that it is of growing and significant international interest. The second part focuses upon princ

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