Memorias de investigación
Research Publications in journals:
Environmental screening tools for assessment of infrastructure plans based on biodiversity preservation and global warming (PEIT, Spain).
Year:2010
Research Areas
  • Land transport
Information
Abstract
Most Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) research has been concerned with SEA as a procedure, and there have been relatively few developments and tests of analytical methodologies. The first stage of the SEA is the `screening¿, which is the process whereby a decision is taken on whether or not SEA is required for a particular programme or plan. The effectiveness of screening and SEA procedures will depend on how well the assessment fits into the planning from the early stages of the decision-making process. However, it is difficult to prepare the environmental screening for an infrastructure plan involving a whole country. To be useful, such methodologies must be fast and simple. We have developed two screening tools which would make it possible to estimate promptly the overall impact an infrastructure plan might have on biodiversity and global warming for a whole country, in order to generate planning alternatives, and to determine whether or not SEA is required for a particular infrastructure plan.
International
Si
JCR
Si
Title
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
ISBN
0195-9255
Impact factor JCR
1,659
Impact info
Volume
Journal number
30
From page
158
To page
168
Month
ENERO
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Participants
Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Planificación del Transporte
  • Departamento: Ingeniería Civil: Transportes