Abstract
Follow-up is an essential component of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) if the success of EIA in improving the sustainability of a project once implemented is to be determined. This paper aims to establish universally-applicable criteria for EIA follow-up to evaluate project performance once assessed and underway. A suite of 24 criteria is derived from EIA follow-up best practice principles published by the International Association for Impact Assessment. The criteria are categorized according to the five dimensions of EIA follow-up: monitoring, evaluation, management, communication and governance. Posed as questions, the criteria support qualitative assessments of EIA follow-up performance for a project. Through application of the criteria to a case study currently under construction (the Shell Cove Marina project in eastern Australia), we found they provided an effective basis for a document review process delivering a short but informative account of the follow-up performance of the case study. The more robust evaluation of some of the criteria, particularly in the governance category, would require supplementary techniques such as interviews.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 1950008 |
Journal | Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2019 |
Keywords
- EIA follow-up
- best practice
- monitoring
- evaluation
- management
- communication
- environmental performance
- governance
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Alan Bond
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