Geo-environmental indicators in strategic environmental assessment
It is obligatory for European Union member states to conduct the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in order to implement the principles of environmental protection and development into the framework of strategic documents and development policies. As practice shows, SEAs are often performed i...
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| author | Jan Kazak Małgorzata Świąder Szymon Szewrański Romuald Żmuda |
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| description | It is obligatory for European Union member states to conduct the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in order to implement the principles of environmental protection and development into the framework of strategic documents and development policies. As practice shows, SEAs are often performed in a descriptive, subjective manner which makes it difficult to perform a final evaluation of development variants. The use of environmental indicators which allow for the quantification of states, processes and phenomena may help make SEA more objective. The aim of this article is to attempt at implementing environmental indicators into the SEA procedure. A matrix of environmental indicators taking into account environmental quality indicators and anthropogenic pressure indicators has been formulated as part of the research. The ArcGIS software with the CommunityViz platform was used for the analyses. The proposed concept and established model for the evaluation of the environmental consequences of the planning document is a contribution to the debate on issues related to SEA methodology and the use of the GIS-based approach in SEA. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-343fb8a5b43a44d7b5db1b629922758e2025-01-02T15:42:15ZengUniversity of Agriculture in KrakowActa Scientiarum Polonorum. Formatio Circumiectus1644-07652017-06-0116212313510.15576/ASP.FC/2017.16.2.123Geo-environmental indicators in strategic environmental assessmentJan Kazak0Małgorzata Świąder1Szymon Szewrański2Romuald Żmuda3Wrocław University of Environmental and Life SciencesWrocław University of Environmental and Life SciencesWrocław University of Environmental and Life SciencesWrocław University of Environmental and Life SciencesIt is obligatory for European Union member states to conduct the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in order to implement the principles of environmental protection and development into the framework of strategic documents and development policies. As practice shows, SEAs are often performed in a descriptive, subjective manner which makes it difficult to perform a final evaluation of development variants. The use of environmental indicators which allow for the quantification of states, processes and phenomena may help make SEA more objective. The aim of this article is to attempt at implementing environmental indicators into the SEA procedure. A matrix of environmental indicators taking into account environmental quality indicators and anthropogenic pressure indicators has been formulated as part of the research. The ArcGIS software with the CommunityViz platform was used for the analyses. The proposed concept and established model for the evaluation of the environmental consequences of the planning document is a contribution to the debate on issues related to SEA methodology and the use of the GIS-based approach in SEA.http://www.formatiocircumiectus.actapol.net/pub/16_2_123.pdfenvironmental indicatorsStrategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)environmental management |
| spellingShingle | Jan Kazak Małgorzata Świąder Szymon Szewrański Romuald Żmuda Geo-environmental indicators in strategic environmental assessment Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Formatio Circumiectus environmental indicators Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) environmental management |
| title | Geo-environmental indicators in strategic environmental assessment |
| title_full | Geo-environmental indicators in strategic environmental assessment |
| title_fullStr | Geo-environmental indicators in strategic environmental assessment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Geo-environmental indicators in strategic environmental assessment |
| title_short | Geo-environmental indicators in strategic environmental assessment |
| title_sort | geo environmental indicators in strategic environmental assessment |
| topic | environmental indicators Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) environmental management |
| url | http://www.formatiocircumiectus.actapol.net/pub/16_2_123.pdf |
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