* The only comprehensive international sourcebook of SEA principles, approaches, and instruments with coverage of all major industrialized countries including the U.S., the U.K./Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan, and Korea, and more than 50 transitional and developing countries in Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Pacific
* The essential reference for all impact assessment practitioners, researchers, policymakers, aid and development agencies, and funders
* Written by two world-renowned practitioners with support from the OECD, UNEP, and IIED

* The only comprehensive international sourcebook of SEA principles, approaches, and instruments with coverage of all major industrialized countries i...

A comprehensive set of resources and guidance on how to develop, assess and implement sustainable development strategies at local, national and regional levels. It sets out principles and ideas on process and methods, showing how to use them. It draws on the experience of a broad range of organizations in both developed and developing countries, emphasizing tested and practicable approaches to strategic planning.

Presents a review of the field of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) that is intended to serve as a baseline for the work of an OECD Task Team on SEA and a UNEP initiative on integrated planning and assessment. This title describes trends in application and experience in different contexts worldwide.

This text provides an international perspective on rural planning, focused on developing countries. It examines conventional development planning and innovative local planning approaches, drawing together lessons from recent experience of rural planning an

This unique book focuses on natural resources surveys, and how their information is used in land-use planning, environmental impact assessment, strategic planning, and policy making. It offers numerous practical examples and up-to-date references.

One of the more significant recommendations to emerge from UNCED in 1992 was the call in Agenda 21 for countries to develop and implement national sustainable development strategies. This book presents a cogent analysis of industrial countries' experiences in this area, drawing out lessons and observations from broad empirical experience.

This book reviews and compares national green planning initiatives in industrialized countries, presenting detailed assessments of over 20 initiatives from the US, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Canada, Australia and the Far East. The book begins with a general introduction to green plans with chapters following dealing with such subjects as approaches and stimuli; participation in green plans and strategies; and politics, governance and legislation. The second part of the book covers the unique initiative of the countries, focusing on each initiative's characteristics, scope and success.

Sustainability Appraisal is a state-of-the-art analysis of the status and scope of Sustainability Appraisal/Assessment (SA), drawing on a wealth of international experiences and approaches. This comprehensive guide highlights how SA can be used to integrate the key environmental, social and economic pillars of sustainability into decision-making at all levels, from policy to project to investment, by government, business and industry, or international organizations. Distilling both published and unpublished materials, as well as in-depth workshop discussions and contributions from a range of...