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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
Volume 28, Issue 2-3, Pages 73-89Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2007.03.002
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Integrated assessment; Triple Bottom-Line assessment; Sustainability assessment; SEA; integration; sustainable development
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Tenns such as Integrated Assessment and Sustainability, Assessment are used to label 'new' approaches to impact assessment that are designed to direct planning and decision-making towards sustainable development (SD). Established assessment techniques, such as EIA and SEA, are also widely promoted as SD 'tools'. This paper presents the findings of a literature review undertaken to identify the features that are typically promoted for improving the SD-directedness of assessments. A framework is developed which reconciles the broad range of emerging approaches and tackles the inconsistent use of terminology. The framework comprises a three-dimensional space defined by the following axes: the comprehensiveness of the SD coverage; the degree of 'integration' of the techniques and themes; and the extent to which a strategic perspective is adopted. By applying the framework, assessment approaches can be positioned relative to one another, enabling comparison on the basis of substance rather than semantics. (C) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All fights reserved.
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