Lecture content - GM0212 Masters Course
Date, time and location of the lectures is found in the Schedule (in the menu box to the left)
Strategic Environmental Assessment
– Integration of Environment in Strategic Planning and Decision-Making
(Oct 5, 2011)
Teachers
Anders Ekbom (AE)
Department
Dept of Economics, GU
Role
Lecturer/ Examiner
Mail
anders.ekbom@ecomomics.gu.se
Phone
031-786 92 02
Daniel Slunge (DS)
Dept of Economics, GU
Lecturer
daniel.slunge@economics.gu.se
031-786 92 05
Sverker Molander (SM)
Environmental Systems Analysis, CTH
Lecturer
sverker.molander@chalmers.se
031–772 21 69
Linus Hammar (LH)
Environmental Systems Analysis, CTH
Lecturer
linus.hammar@chalmers.se
031–772 86 06
Lena Gipperth (LG)
Dept. of Law, GU
Lecturer
lena.gipperth@law.gu.se
031-786 12 97
GU= University of Gothenburg
CTH=Chalmers University of Technology
Note: All literature seminars and guest lectures are compulsory.
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Lecture theme
GU Course introduction;
Teacher
AE, DS
Introduction to SEA; Env problems and
Systems
Introduction to SEA
AE, SM
AE
Content
Course rationale, objectives. Presentation of students, teachers, student advisor etc
Formalities and practicalities
Why SEA? Successes and failures of environmental integration in strategic actions
Introduction to systems: technical, social, environmental, economic systems
Key concepts of SEA
How to do SEA - the SEA process (1)
SM
Setting the context for SEA, scoping, screening, env baselines, identifying env problems
Lecture theme
How to do SEA – The SEA Process (2)
Teacher
SM
Applying SEA
DS
“The Green Race is On”
AE
Assessing cumulative
environmental impacts
Legal aspects of SEA and Env
management
How to do SEA – The SEA Process (3)
LH
Content
SEA tools, Identifying alternatives, predicting, evaluating and mitigating env impacts,
documentation, implementation, monitoring
Group exercise;
Intro to assignment: SEA applications in your country
Chairman of World Business Council for Sustainable Development; shares his experiences
from integrating env concerns in the business sector and public policy processes
Introduction to methods for assessing cumulative environmental impacts
LG
International legal env. Frameworks, EU SEA directive, UNECE SEA Protocol, MEAs, other
AE
Lecture theme
SEA procedures in different contexts,
different levels
Teacher
DS
Theories about the policy process and
their implications for SEA and
environmental policy integration
The role of institutions in SEA and
national SEA systems.
DS
SEA tools, Identifying alternatives, predicting, evaluating and mitigating env impacts,
documentation, implementation, monitoring
Content
Presentation of examples of “real” SEAs
Students make short presentations of SEA applications from their respective countries (the
home assignment from Oct. 11).
Rational, institutional and political theories about the policy process
Institutional and learning approaches to SEA and environmental policy integration
DS
Participation, stakeholder representation AE
Accountability and policy learning
DS
Integrating environment in policy
making - linking theory and practice
DS
Lecture theme
Optional
Teacher
Literature
Therivel (2010) Chap 1-2
Rosenhead, (1989) Chap 5
Therivel (2010) Chap 1-2
OECD (2006)
Therivel (2010) Chap 3, 5-6
SEPA (2010)
Literature
Therivel (2010) Chap 7-9, Appendix C’
SEPA (2010)
OECD (2006)
http://www.wbcsd.org/
Canadian Env Ass Agency 1999;
Gunn and Noble 2010
Therivel (2010) Chap 4 and Appendix A
and B; Marsden (2008) p. 5-18
Therivel (2010) Chap 7-9, Appendix C’
SEPA (2010)
Literature
OECD (2006);
Achmed and Sanchez Triana (2008), ch 3
Therivel (2010), p. 35-40
Slunge et al in World Bank 2011
The role of institutions in SEA? How undertake institutional analysis? Institutions for national World Bank (2011); Slunge et al in World
SEA systems.
Bank 2011,
Ahmed and Sanchez-Triana (2008) Ch. 8;
Involvement of the public, strengthening voice of the poor, constituencies, tools for
Ahmed and Sanchez-Triana (2008) Ch. 5,
participation and stakeholder involvement
Slunge et al in World Bank 2011,
Wilkins (2003)
Accountability and policy learning for enhanced env planning, decision-making and
Slunge et al in World Bank 2011;
management
Ahmed and Sanchez-Triana (2008) Ch.6-7;
Thomas and Grindle (1990);
Students critically discuss papers based on insights from lectures and course literature
Kørnøv and Thissen (2000)
Turnpenny, J et al (2008),
Sanchez-Triana and Enriquez (2007)
Content
Literature
Optional
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Approaches and experiences from
environmental policy integration in
OECD countries
Environmental priority setting
DS
SEA in Practice
Evaluation and follow up
SEA effectiveness
Tbd
DS
Practical experiences from working w. SEA
Evaluation, SEA follow-up and monitoring of implementation
SEA effectiveness
Priority setting, Participation, Social
Accountability, Learning
AE
Students critically discuss papers based on insights from lectures and course literature
Lecture theme
Exam, Course evaluation
AE
Communicative, organizational and procedural instruments for environmental policy
integration
Applications in OECD countries
Rationale, methods for env priority setting (env risk analysis, cost-benefit analysis, costeffectiveness analysis,
Content
Edvardsson. 2004
Jordan and Lenschov, (2008). Chapter 1-2
Nykvist and Nilsson (2008)
Ahmed and Sanchez-Triana (2008) Ch. 4,
Slunge et al in World Bank 2011Wilkins
(2003)
OECD (2006) Chap 6; Persson, Å. and
Nilsson, M. (2007);
Therivel (2010) Chap 10-11
Slunge et al in World Bank 2011
Thomas and Grindle (1990);
Wilkins (2003)
Nykvist and Nilsson (2008)
Literature
Course literature
Books:
Ahmed, Kulsum and Sanchez-Triana, 2008. Strategic Environmental Assessment for Policies – An Instrument for Good Governance, World
Bank, Washington DC. (219 pages).
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/ENVIRONMENT/0,,contentMDK:21819527~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSite
PK:244381~isCURL:Y,00.html
World Bank, 2011. Strategic Environmental Assessment in Policy and Sector Reform: Conceptual Model and Operational Guidance
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/ENVIRONMENT/Resources/244380-1236266590146/Policy_SEA_WB.pdf
Therivél, Riki, 2010. Strategic Environmental Assessment in Action. Second edition, Earthscan, UK. (335 pages)
Book chapters:
Jordan, A. and Lenschow, A. (2008), Innovations in Environmental Policy: Integrating the Environment for Sustainability. Edward Elgar,
Cheltenham, UK: chapter 1-2, see course webpage/handout
Marsden, Simon, 2008. Strategic Environmental Assessment in International and European Law. Earthscan; pages. 5-18.
http://www.earthscan.co.uk/Portals/0/Files/Sample%20Chapters/9781844074891.pdf
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Rosenhead, Jonathan, 1989. Rational analysis for a problematic world. Wiley, Chapter 4-5 about soft systems methodologies (pp. 71-118); see
course webpage/handout
Slunge, D., S. Nooteboom, A. Ekbom. G. Dijkstra, and R. Verheem (2009), Conceptual Analysis and Evaluation Framework for InstitutionCentered Strategic Environmental Assessment. In World Bank, 2011:
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/ENVIRONMENT/Resources/244380-1236266590146/Policy_SEA_WB.pdf
Scientific Papers:
Edvardsson, Karin. 2004. Using Goals in Environmental Management: The Swedish System of Environmental Objectives. Environmental
Management. Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 170–180; http://www.springerlink.com/content/d8aet7muqyaaq1td/fulltext.pdf
Gunn and Noble (2010) Conceptual and methodological challenges to integrating SEA and cumulative effects assessment. Environmental Impact
Assessment Review. In Press.
Kørnøv, Lone and Wil Thissen (2000) Rationality in decision- and policy-making: implications for strategic environmental assessment. Impact
Assessment and Project Appraisal 18 (3) pp. 191–200
Nykvist, Björn and Nilsson, Måns. 2009. Are impact assessment procedures actually promoting sustainable development?Institutional
perspectives on barriers and opportunities found in the Swedish committee system. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 29, 15–24.
Persson, Åsa and Nilsson, Måns (2007) Towards a Framework for SEA Follow-Up: Theoretical Issues and Lessons from Policy Evaluation.
Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management 9 (4) pp. 473-496
Sanchez-Triana and Enriquez (2007), Using policy-based SEA in water supply and sanitation sector reforms: the case of Argentina and
Colombia, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 25 (3), pp. 175-187.
Thomas, John W. and Grindle, Merilee S.,1990. After the Decision: Implementing Policy Reforms in Developing Countries, World
Development, 18 (8): 1163-1181.
Turnpenny, J et al (2008) Why is integrating policy assessment so hard? A comparative analysis of the institutional capacities and constraints,
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Vol. 51, No 6
Wilkins, Hugh, 2003. The Need for Subjectivity in EIA: Discourse as a Tool for Sustainable Development, Environmental Impact Assessment
Review, Vol. 23, p. 401-414.
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Reports:
OECD, 2006. Applying Strategic Environmental Assessment: Good practice guidance for development co-operation OECD DAC Guidelines and
reference series, OECD, 160 pages; http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/4/21/37353858.pdf
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA). 2010. Practical guidelines on strategic environmental assessment of plans and programmes.
Report 6383; http://www.naturvardsverket.se/Documents/publikationer/978-91-620-6383-2.pdf
Canadian Agency for Environmental Assessment 1999. Cumulative Effect Assessment – Practitioners Guide (8 pages); See course
webpage/handout
Recommended background reading: Hill, Michael. 2009. The Public Policy Process. Fifth Edition, Pearson.
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