Integrating environment into land-use planning through strategic environmental assessment in China: Towards legal frameworks and operational procedures

2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tang Tao ◽  
Zhu Tan ◽  
Xu He
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Strategic Environmental Assessment ◽  
Legal Frameworks

Application of Strategic Environmental Assessment as a Land Use Planning Tool in India : A Case of Gurgaon-Manesar Development Plan, Haryana, India

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (02) ◽  
pp. 1650017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debojyoti Mukherjee ◽  
Asha Rajvanshi
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Strategic Environmental Assessment ◽  
Development Plan ◽  
Land Resources ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
Development Plans

Lack of comprehensive land use planning in India has posed significant challenges in achieving more optimal utilisation of land resources. This has also limited the opportunities for developing land use plans that adequately reflect the rationale and objectives of planning. This calls for developing a comprehensive and holistic approach to review the compatibility of actions associated with development plans involving multiple sectors with the ground realities. This paper is an attempt to apply strategic environmental assessment (SEA) as a promising tool to identify environmental risks and deficiencies in the land use planning process in India. The paper draws on the experience of applying SEA to Gurgaon-Manesar Development Plan for 2031 and elaborates on the merits and usefulness of adopting SEA in land use planning in the Indian context.

INTEGRATING THE PRINCIPLES OF STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT INTO LOCAL COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLANNING

2008 ◽  
Vol 10 (02) ◽  
pp. 143-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHENGHONG TANG
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Strategic Environmental Assessment ◽  
Early Integration ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Study Results

The lack of early integration with the planning and decision-making process has been a major problem in environmental assessment. Traditional project-based environmental impact assessment has inadequate incentives and capacities to incorporate critical environmental impacts at a broader temporal or spatial scale. While many applications have been geared towards implementing project-level environmental assessments, comparatively little research has been done to determine how to incorporate strategically critical environmental impacts into local comprehensive land use planning. Although the principles of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) are not yet required in local comprehensive land use planning in the United States, these principles create a theoretical framework for local environmental assessment. This study builds a theoretical framework for more effectively integrating the principles of strategic environmental assessment into local comprehensive land use plans. The empirical case study results indicate that California local jurisdictions did not fully integrated the SEA principles into their local plans.

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