Implementing Strategic Environmental Assessment

Key Principles of SEA. - Purpose and Background of the European SEA Directive. - Legal Context of the SEA Directive Links with other Legislation and Key Procedures. - Transposition of the SEA Directive into National Law Challenges and Possibilities. - Some Legal Problems of Implementing the SEA Directive into Member States Legal Systems. - Current SEA Practice in England. - Implementing SEA in Germany. - Implementing SEA in Italy The Case of the Emilia Romagna Region. - First Experiences with Implementing SEA Legislation in Flanders (Belgium). - Implementing SEA in Austria. - Implementing SEA in Finland Further Development of Existing Practice. - Problems of a Minimalist Implementation of SEA The Case of Sweden. - National Strategy for the Implementation of SEA in the Czech Republic. - Developments of SEA in Poland. - Experiences with SEA in Latvia. - Implementing SEA in Estonia. - Improved Decision-Making through SEA Expectations and Results in the United States. - SEA in Canada. - SEA of Plan Objectives and Policies to Promote Sustainability in New Zealand. - The Need for SEA in Kenya. - SEA for Water Resource Management in Ghana. - SEA in Ukraine. - Importance of SEA in China The Case of Three Gorges Dam Project. - Tools for SEA. - Methodological Approaches to SEA within the Decision-Making Process. - Strategic Level Cumulative Impact Assessment. - Handling Transboundary Cumulative Impacts in SEA. - Cultural Integrity as a Criterion of SEA. - Requirements and Methods for Public Participation in SEA. - Public Participation for SEA in a Transboundary Context. - Developing Quantitative SEA Indicators Using a Thermodynamic Approach. - A Structural and Functional Strategy Analysis for SEA. - Soil Resources and SEA. - Towards the Implementation of SEA Learning from EIAfor Water Resources. - Links between the Water Framework Directive and SEA. - Assessing Biodiversity in SEA. - Biodiversity Programmes on Global, European and National Levels Related to SEA. - Co-ordination of SEA and Landscape Planning. - Urban Planning and SEA. - SEA in Transport Planning in Germany. - SEA for Agricultural Programmes in the EU. - SEA of Waste Management Plans An Austrian Case Study. - Mining Industry and SEA An Example in Turkey. - Capacity-Building and SEA. - A Critique of SEA from the Point of View of the German Industry. - Best Practice Use of SEA Industry, Energy and Sustainable Development. - SEA Outlook Future Challenges and Possibilities.