The environmental management literature suggests that resilience is key to managing
complex systems and reducing vulnerability resulting from uncertainty and unexpected …

Cumulative effects assessment (CEA) is a sub-discipline of environmental impact
assessment that is concerned with appraising the collective effects of human activities and …

Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment provides students and practitioners with a
clearly structured overview of the subject, as well as critical analysis and support for further …

This paper addresses the future of environmental assessment (EA) practice in light of a
rapidly changing world. We apply a literature review-based methodology to firstly identify …

Notwithstanding the considerable attention placed on creating meaningful opportunities for
public participation in environmental assessment (EA), many participants and those who …

The aim of this paper is to test the broader utility of the sustainability assessment
effectiveness framework of Bond et al.(2015) by applying it to a controversial strategic …

Quality is much sought after in, and a basic foundation for, good impact assessment (IA).
However, the term is rarely defined, has an uncertain relationship with IA effectiveness, and …

The contribution of human activities to climate change is well understood. Yet the integration
of climate change considerations into local decision making tools designed to govern …

Growing recognition has developed between policy-makers and practitioners that green
infrastructure (GI) provides an approach to planning for effectively integrating ecosystems …

Despite availability of guidance on scoping in environmental impact assessment (EIA) in
several jurisdictions, there is limited documented evidence about how scoping is actually …