Strategic environmental assessment implementation: variation across regions in China

IF 1.8 4区社会学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2022-03-18 DOI:10.1080/14615517.2022.2050666

Salleh Ma, Bo Lin, Sun-Jin Yun

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Abstract

ABSTRACT As a significant decision support tool, Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) has been legally necessitated since 2003 when the Environmental Impact Assessment Law of the P.R. China was put into effect. However, the different national development targets and the social and economic development gaps between the western region and the eastern region of China greatly influence the SEA implementation. This paper demonstrates the differences in the SEA implementation between the western region and the eastern region of China and discusses the reasons for the disparities. Reviewing government policies and conducting in-depth interviews are selected as the two main research methods. The disparities of SEA implementation existing in intervention time, alternatives, public participation, and monitoring are presented. The differences are caused by the impacts of local SEA regulations and policies, institutions and experts, public attitudes, local government attitudes, strength of Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB), funding, national government strategies, and policies and regulations of environmental management.

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战略环境评估实施情况：中国各地区差异

战略环境评价作为一种重要的决策支持工具，自2003年《中华人民共和国环境影响评价法》实施以来，在法律上就有了必要性。然而，国家发展目标的不同以及中国西部和东部地区社会经济发展的差距对SEA的实施产生了很大的影响。本文论证了中国西部和东部地区在SEA实施上的差异，并探讨了造成差异的原因。主要的研究方法是回顾政府政策和进行深度访谈。在干预时间、替代方案、公众参与和监督等方面，SEA实施存在差异。造成这种差异的因素包括地方SEA法规政策、机构和专家、公众态度、地方政府态度、环保局实力、资金、国家政府战略、环境管理政策法规等。

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Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES-

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4.60

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22.70%

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期刊介绍： This is the international, peer-reviewed journal of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA). It covers environmental, social, health and other impact assessments, cost-benefit analysis, technology assessment, and other approaches to anticipating and managing impacts. It has readers in universities, government and public agencies, consultancies, NGOs and elsewhere in over 100 countries. It has editorials, main articles, book reviews, and a professional practice section.