25 years of SEA: personal reflections on recent progress, current status and future prospects. Issue 1 (2nd January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sadler, Barry; Verheem, Rob
• Is Part Of: Impact assessment and project appraisal. Volume 41:Issue 1(2023)
• Page Start: 78
• Page End: 82
• Publication Date: 2023-01-02
• Subjects: SEA -- progress -- personal reflections; 333.714
• DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2022.2147140
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1461-5517

Abstract

ABSTRACT: 2021 marked the 25 th anniversary of the publication of our report 'SEA – status, challenges and future directions'. This report was part of an international study of the effectiveness of environmental assessment by a consortium of countries and organisations. In recognition of the anniversary, the NCEA has placed a digital version of the report, making it widely available through the internet for the first time (www.eia.nl ). The report documents the state of SEA practice at a key stage of process development and provides a benchmark against which subsequent progress can be reviewed. Using the report as a baseline, we take stock of the course of SEA development over the last quarter century and its bearing on the state of practice today.