CONTENT : List of Figures, Tables and Boxes . ix List of Acronyms and Abbreviations xiv About the Contributors xvii Preface xx 1 Introduction to EIA Follow-up 1 Angus Morrison-Saunders and Jos Arts Introduction 1 What is EIA follow-up? 3 Need for EIA follow-up 6 Objectives of EIA follow-up 8 Historical overview 9 Contextual setting for EIA follow-up 10 Outcomes of follow-up 14 Challenges for EIA follow-up 16 Overview of the book 17 2 Theoretical Perspectives on EIA and Follow-up 22 Jos Arts and Angus Morrison-Saunders Introduction 22 Origins of the concept of EIA and follow-up 22 Relationship between planning and EIA 26 The tension between theory and practice 28 Positioning EIA follow-up in the planning process 33 From theory to practice 37 3 A Practical Framework for EIA Follow-up 42 Jill Baker Introduction 42 Background 42 Methodology 43 A practical follow-up framework 43 Relationship between the follow-up framework and the generic EIA process 57 Conclusions 60 4 Designing for EIA Follow-up: Experiences from The Netherlands 63 JosArts andjohan Meijer Introduction 63 EIA and follow-up in The Netherlands 63 Screening: Determining the need for EIA follow-up 68 Scoping: Defining the content of EIA follow-up 73 The result of screening and scoping: A follow-up programme 79 The Derde Merwedehaven waste disposal facility 85 Conclusions 93 5 Appraising Effects of Mitigation Measures: The Grand Coulee Dam's Impacts on Fisheries 97 Leonard Ortolano and Christine L. May Introduction 97 Introduction to GCD and CBP 98 Environmental Impact Statements for GCD and CBP 100 Mitigation of impacts on Columbia River salmonids 103 Difficulties in isolating effects of GCD and GCFMP 107 Irreversible and irretrievable impacts of GCD on salmon 109 Conclusions and policy implications 111 6 Can Industry Benefit from Participation in EIA-follow-up? The ScottishPower Experience 118 Ross Marshall Introduction 118 UK EIA regulations and follow-up practice 121 Benefits of EIA follow-up for industry: Motivating factors for proponents 123 Deriving value from EIA follow-up: ScottishPower's experience and case studies 124 The management of EIA follow-up: Improving practice 135 A practical framework for environmental management plans 138 Discussion and conclusions 147 7 EIA Follow-up and Adaptive Management 154 Angus Morrison-Saunders, Bryanjenkins and John Bailey Introduction 154 The importance of environmental management 155 EIA follow-up and environmental management in Western Australia 157 Factors promoting adaptive environmental management in EIA 169 Future directions for EIA follow-up and adaptive environmental management 171 Conclusions 175 8 The Independent Environmental Watchdog: A Canadian Experiment in EIA Follow-up 178 William A. Ross Introduction 178 EkatiMine 179 Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency 188 Community involvement in follow-up studies 191 Evaluation of the Agency 192 9 Learning by Doing: EIA Follow-up in Hong Kong 197 ElvisAu and Simon Hui Introduction 197 Overview of EIA procedures in Hong Kong 198 Process innovations in EIA follow-up 208 Content innovations in EIA follow-up 213 Case study: Penny's Bay redevelopment 216 Follow up to Strategic Environmental Assessment 219 Conclusions and lessons learned 220 10 Follow-up in Current SEA Understanding 224 Maria Rosdrio Partiddrio and Thomas B. Fischer Introduction 224 Current understanding of SEA 224 Rationale and goals of follow-up in SEA 230 Types of SEA follow-up 232 Tiers in strategic decision-making and consequences for follow-up 234 Existing requirements for follow-up 237 Follow-up case examples in existing policy-, plan- and programme-making 239 Methodological guidance for follow-up 243 Conclusions 244 11 On Evaluating the Success of EIA and SEA 248 Barry Sadler Introduction 248 Organizing concepts and delineation of approach 249 Meta-evaluation of the success of EIA and SEA as policy concepts and tools 253 Macro-evaluation of the success of EIA and SEA systems and components 262 Micro-evaluation of the success of EIA and SEA application 276 Conclusion 279 12 Lessons for EIA Follow-up 286 Jos Arts and Angus Morrison-Saunders Introduction 286 Best practice EIA follow-up 287 Principles for effective EIA follow-up 298 Future directions for EIA follow-up 303 Conclusion 312 Appendix 1: Framework for EIA Follow-up and Effectiveness and Performance Review (Adapted from Sadler, 1996) 315 Index 324