Dr William R Sheate

Ng YC, Sheate WR, 1997, Environmental impact assessment of airport development proposals in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong: Who should participate?, Project Appraisal, Vol: 12, Pages: 11-24, ISSN: 0268-8867

Three major, controversial airport development proposals emerged in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom (UK) and Hong Kong (HK): Heathrow Terminal 5 (HT5) and Manchester Airport Second Runway (MA2) in the UK, and the Replacement Airport at Chek Lap Kok (CLK) in HK. An environmental impact assessment (EIA) was conducted for each of the three projects, demonstrating different levels of public participation in terms of influence on decision-making—negligible, low and moderate influence on the CLK, HT5 and MA2 proposals respectively. An opinion survey of the participants involved in the three proposals indicates that most consider public participation in EIA to be inadequate. © 1997 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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Guilanpour K, Sheate WR, 1997, A systematic review of Tanzanian environmental impact statements, Project Appraisal, Vol: 12, Pages: 138-150, ISSN: 0268-8867

Over 30 environmental impact assessments (EIAs) have been carried out in Tanzania to date. The majority of these were required by international development agencies. Legislation to make EIA a national requirement is to be introduced in Tanzania in the near future. The present situation provides an opportunity to assess the current effectiveness of EIA in Tanzania and to determine how it could be improved. Eighteen Tanzanian environmental impact statements (EISs) were reviewed using a procedure modified from that of the UK Institute of Environmental Assessment. In addition to the generally poor standard of Tanzanian EISs, inadequacy of public participation was found to be a key factor in limiting the effectiveness of EIA. Many of the deficiencies found during the EIS review could be rectified relatively easily and this paper seeks to offer some recommendations as to how this could be achieved. © 1997 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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William R Sheate, 1997, From Environmental Impact Assessment to Strategic Environmental Assessment: Sustainability and Decision-Making, (Chapter 16), The Impact of EC Environmental Law in the UK, Editors: Holder, Chichester, Publisher: Wiley, ISBN: 9780471975359

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Palerm JR, Sheate WR, 1996, Environmental impact assessment in Central and Eastern Europe: lessons from the Czech Republic and Romania, European Environmental Law Review, Vol: 5, Pages: 15-22, ISSN: 0966-1646

The Czech Republic and Romania present two very different levels of development of environmental impact assessment (EIA). This article examines the various driving forces for EIA legislation, analyses the different EIA concepts and indentifies the strengths and weakness of the two regimes. While the Czech Republic introduced an EIA Act in 1992 (based mainly on the EC Directive 85/337/EEC), Romania has yet to draft any EIA-specific legislation. Furthermore, the concept of EIA in Romania is very different to that in the Czech Republic and the EU. The Czech Republic shares many weaknesses of its EIA system with those of EU countries. Both share common problems of many Central and Eastern European countries, including low or variable public environmental awareness, and an immature NGO movement. -from Authors

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Sheate W R, 1996, Environmental Impact Assessment: Law and Policy - Makin an Impact II, London, Publisher: Cameron May Ltd, ISBN: 9781874698913

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Sheate WR, 1996, The Search for a UK Nuclear Waste Disposal Facility: A Case Study of Disputed Project Definition Under the EC Directive 85/337/EEC on EIA, Environmental Policy and Practice, Vol: 6, Pages: 75-86

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Sheate WR, 1995, Amending the EC Directive (85/337/EEC) on environmental impact assessment, European Environmental Law Review, Vol: 4, Pages: 77-82, ISSN: 0966-1646

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) has been the cornerstone of a preventive European Community (EC) environmental policy since the 1970s and successive Environmental Action Programmes. Agreement of the EIA Directive 85/337/EEC in 1985 heralded, many hoped, a new era. The recent review of the Directive has highlighted a number of problems and difficulties with implementation in Member States. Current proposals by the European Commission seek to remedy some of these, and include improved and early scoping and more consistent screening of projects requiring EIA. Amendments will do nothing to extend EIA to more strategic decision-making at policy, plan and programme level - strategic environmental assessment (SEA) - even though SEA is a central tenet of the Fifth Environmental Action Programme. -from Author

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Sheate WR, 1995, Transport policy: a critical role for strategic environmental assessment, World Transport Policy & Practice, Vol: 1, Pages: 17-24, ISSN: 1352-7614

The author takes some key examples of transport policy - the Trans-European Network for transport, motorway charging, airports and new road building - and examines the need for a fundamental shift in the way in which transport policy is formulated and implemented. On the ground, the author illustrates the need for a shift in the focus of environmental impact assessment (EIA) to higher decision levels by the limitations of project EIA, especially in the transport field, in its ability to address real alternative options. If transport is to be sustainable, impacts must be avoided, not merely mitigated. -from Author

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Sheate WR, 1995, Electricity Generation and Transmission: A Case Study of Problematic EIA Implementation in the UK, Environmental Policy and Practice, Vol: 5, Pages: 17-25

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Sheate W R, 1994, Making an Impact: A Guide to EIA Law and Policy, London, Publisher: Cameron May Ltd, ISBN: 9781874698500

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SHEATE WR, 1992, LOBBYING FOR EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, LONG RANGE PLANNING, Vol: 25, Pages: 90-98, ISSN: 0024-6301

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Sheate WR, 1992, Strategic environmental assessment in the transport sector, Project Appraisal, Vol: 7, Pages: 170-174, ISSN: 0268-8867

The case is presented for using strategic environmental assessment in the preparation of transport policies, plans and programmes. An objectives-led approach to the use of SEA at the transport policy level is recommended. The procedures and methods of assessment to be followed are outlined. A consistent European approach to SEA is advocated as European networks for road, rail and air transport are planned in response to the creation of the EC single market. © 1992 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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Fiona Reynolds, William R Sheate, 1992, Re-Organisation of the Conservation Authorities (Chapter 4), Agriculture, Conservation and Land Use: Law and Policy Issues for Rural Areas., Editors: Howarth W, Rodgers, eds, Cardiff, UK, Publisher: University of Wales Press, Pages: 73-89

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Sheate WR, 1991, Public participation: the key to effective environmental assessment, Environmental Policy and Law, Vol: 21, Pages: 156-160, ISSN: 0378-777X

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Sheate W, 1991, Water resource management - the poor relation, ECOS: a Review of Conservation, Vol: 12, Pages: 3-8

It is becoming increasingly clear that there is an urgent need for a reappraisal of the use and supply of water in the UK. It is also clear that many of the problems are the legacy of a failure in the past to recognise the issues and to set the strategic framework right. The first priority is thus to get government to recognise the severity of the water problem and to put into place appropriate procedures and organisations. Attention can then be turned to a set of measures which could include: upstream discharge of effluents, environmental acidity, household metering, better efficiency in irrigation, and reversing drainage systems to keep water on the land longer. -A.Gilg

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SHEATE WR, TAYLOR RM, 1990, THE EFFECT OF MOTORWAY DEVELOPMENT ON ADJACENT WOODLAND, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, Vol: 31, Pages: 261-267, ISSN: 0301-4797

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SHEATE WR, MACRORY RB, 1989, AGRICULTURE AND THE EC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT DIRECTIVE - LESSONS FOR COMMUNITY POLICY-MAKING, JOURNAL OF COMMON MARKET STUDIES, Vol: 28, Pages: 68-81, ISSN: 0021-9886

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SHEATE WR, 1986, THE EFFECT OF QUARRYING ON ADJACENT VEGETATION, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, Vol: 23, Pages: 89-95, ISSN: 0301-4797

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