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http://dx.doi.org/10.14249/eia.2011.20.3.269

A Study on the Implication of Sustainability and Environmental Assessment  

Hong, Sang-Pyo (Dept. of Environmental Engineering, Cheongju University)
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Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment / v.20, no.3, 2011 , pp. 269-279 More about this Journal
Abstract
Sustainability assessments tend to integrate ecological, social, and economic concerns. Sustainability assessment could be considered the highest rung in the assessment ladder. Broad strategies that seek to integrate individual SEA(Strategic Environmental Assessment) could be subjected to a sustainability assessment. Sustainability assessment could incorporate global and transboundary effects and priorities into SEA and project-level EIA(Environmental Impact Assessment). SEA could provide an environmental context and direction for project-level EIA. Procedural and substantive EIA requirements can be addressed through tiering such as sustainability assessment, SEA, project-level EIA. In Korea, PERS(Prior Environmental Review System) that has been utilized to evaluate administrative plans related with various kinds of development projects should be evolved not only to incorporate environmental impacts into early stage decision-making, but also to implicate sustainability assessments that include social equity and economic efficiency. Integration of SEA and sustainability assessment can be initiated through the application of DPSIR (Driving Force - Pressure - State - Impact - Response ) framework that was developed by European Environmental Agency.
Keywords
Sustainability Assessment; Strategic Environmental Assessment; Tiering; PERS; DPSIR;
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