A Framework for Governance of Sustainability Indicator Systems in Strategic Environmental Assessment Processes

Q1 Social Sciences

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management Pub Date : 2019-04-26 DOI:10.1142/S1464333219500078

Antonio Waldimir Leopoldino da Silva, Marinilse Netto, P. Selig, Alexandre de Ávila Lerípio

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Abstract

Sustainability indicators (SIs) are considered an important tool in Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), but their choice and management present shortcomings and must be improved. This work aimed to develop a governance model of SI systems for SEA. The study was carried out by means of documentary research on SEA reports and interviews with leaders of Brazilian SEA working teams, through the application of Content Analysis. The resulting framework, called G-SINDS, is composed of six phases and three transverse elements. Each phase represents a stage of construction of the SI system, with methodological procedures adaptable to the specificity of each SEA process. The transverse elements are factors that affect each phase, in order to perfect them. The G-SINDS represents an innovative model, since it involves the “life cycle of the indicators”, is directed to the SEA and is based on principles and techniques of knowledge management, constituting a means of improving the execution of SEA processes.

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战略环境评估过程中可持续性指标体系的治理框架

可持续性指标被认为是战略环境评价的重要工具，但其选择和管理存在不足，必须加以改进。这项工作旨在为SEA开发SI系统的治理模型。本研究采用内容分析(Content Analysis)的方法，对环境影响评估报告进行文献研究，并对巴西环境影响评估工作组负责人进行访谈。由此产生的框架称为G-SINDS，由六个相位和三个横向元件组成。每个阶段都代表了SI系统构建的一个阶段，方法程序适应每个SEA过程的特殊性。横向元素是影响每个阶段的因素，以完善它们。G-SINDS是一种创新的模式，因为它涉及“指标的生命周期”，面向SEA，并以知识管理的原则和技术为基础，是改进SEA过程执行的一种手段。

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Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management is an interdisciplinary, peer reviewed, international journal covering policy and decision-making relating to environmental assessment (EA) in the broadest sense. Uniquely, its specific aim is to explore the horizontal interactions between assessment and aspects of environmental management (not just the vertical interactions within the broad field of impact assessment) and thereby to identify comprehensive approaches to environmental improvement involving both qualitative and quantitative information. As the concepts associated with sustainable development mature, links between environmental assessment and management systems become all the more essential.