Contents List of Figures, Tables and Boxes x List of Contributors xiii Acknowledgements xvii List of Acronyms and Abbreviations xviii 1 Introduction 1 Carys Jones, Mark Baker, Jeremy Carter, Stephen Jay, Michael Short and Christopher Wood Sustainable development 1 Land use planning 4 SEA6 SEA and land use planning 7 Evaluating the SEA of land use plans 8 Structure of the book 11 2 SEA: an Overview 14 Carys Jones, Mark Baker, Jeremy Carter, Stephen Jay, Michael Short and Christopher Wood Introduction 14 The evolution of SEA 14 The European SEA Directive 15 The SEA process 18 SEA of land use plans: opportunities 20 SEA of land use plans: constraints 23 3 Evaluating the SEA of Land Use Plans 28 Carys Jones, Mark Baker, Jeremy Carter, Stephen Jay, Michael Short and Christopher Wood Introduction 28 System criteria 29 Process criteria 32 Outcome criteria 37 Conclusion 39 4Canada 44 Barry Sadler Introduction 44 Context 45 Case study: British Columbia offshore oil and gas development 49 SEA system: the institutional framework 52 SEA process and methodology 55 SEA outcome and products 57 Conclusion 58 5Denmark 63 Bo Elling Introduction 63 Context 63 Case studies 66 SEA system 70 SEA process 71 SEA outcome 73 Conclusion 75 6 Germany 79 Thomas B. Fischer Introduction 79 Context 80 SEA system 82 SEA process 84 SEA outcome 87 Case study: Nauen landscape plan 89 7 Conclusion 90 7 Hong Kong 97 Elvis Au and Kin Che Lam Introduction 97 Context 97 Case study: Hong Kong Territorial Development Strategy Review 99 SEA system 104 SEA process 106 SEA outcome 108 Conclusion 110 8Hungary 115 Aleg Cherp and Gabor Szarvas Introduction 115 Context 115 Case studies 118 SEA system 121 SEA process 123 SEA outcome 124 Conclusion 125 9 Ireland 130 Paul Scott Introduction 130 Context 130 Case study: Dublin Docklands Master Plan SEA 134 SEA system 134 SEA process 138 SEA outcome 141 Conclusion 142 10 The Netherlands Wil Thissen and Rob van der Heijden Introduction 146 Context 147 Case study: spatial strategy plan for North Holland - South 149 SEA system 150 SEA process 152 SEA outcome 154 Conclusion 155 11 New Zealand Jennifer Dixon Introduction 159 Context 160 Case study: South West Christchurch 163 SEA system 164 SEA process 167 Conclusion 170 12 Portugal 174 Maria Rosdrio Partiddrio Introduction 174 Context 175 Case study: national guidance on SEA methodology 179 SEA system 182 SEA process 182 SEA outcome 182 Conclusion 183 13 South Africa 188 Nigel Rossouw and Francois Retief Introduction 188 Context 189 SEA system 192 SEA process 194 Case studies 196 SEA outcome 200 Conclusion 200 14Sweden 206 Tuija Hilding-Rydevik and Monica L. C. Fundingsland Introduction 206 Context 207 Case study: Greater Stockholm Regional Plan 2000 209 SEA system 209 SEA process 213 SEA outcome 216 Conclusion 217 15United Kingdom 223 Carys Jones, Mark Baker, Jeremy Carter, Stephen Jay, Michael Short and Christopher Wood 223 Introduction 223 Context 223 Case study: Sefton Council environmental and sustainability appraisals 226 SEA system 228 SEA process 232 SEA outcome 236 Conclusion 237 16 United States Ron Bass Introduction 242 Context 243 SEA system 245 SEA process 251 Case study: NPS Yosemite Valley Plan and EIS 254 SEA outcome 256 Conclusion 257 17 World Bank 261 Jean-Roger Mercier and Kulsum Ahmed Introduction 261 Policy context 262 Case studies 265 SEA system 266 SEA process 269 SEA outcome 270 Conclusion 271 18 Conclusion 275 Carys Jones, Mark Baker, Jeremy Carter, Stephen Jay, Michael Short and Christopher Wood Introduction 275 Context 275 Case studies 277 SEA systems 278 SEA processes 281 SEA outcomes 284 Future developments in SEA 285 Index 289