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Dr William R Sheate

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Centre for Environmental Policy

Emeritus Reader in Environmental Assessment
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 9299w.sheate

 
 
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110AWeeks BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Zhou:2011:10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.12.011,
author = {Zhou, K-Y and Sheate, WR},
doi = {10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.12.011},
journal = {Journal of Environmental Management},
pages = {1471--1483},
title = {EIA application in China’s expressway infrastructure: Clarifying the decision-makinghierarchy},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.12.011},
volume = {92},
year = {2011}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - China’s EIA Law came into effect in 2003 and formally requires road transport infrastructure development actions to be subject to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). EIAs (including project EIA and plan EIA, or strategic environmental impact assessment, SEA) have been being widely applied in the expressway infrastructure planning field. Among those applications, SEA is applied to provincial level expressway network (PLEI) plans, and project EIA is applied to expressway infrastructure development ‘projects’ under PLEI plans. Three case studies (one expressway project EIA and two PLEI plan SEAs) were examined to understand currently how EIAs are applied to expressway infrastructure development planning. Through the studies, a number of problems that significantly influence the quality of EIA application in the field were identified. The reasons causing those problems are analyzed and possible solutions are suggested aimed at enhancing EIA practice, helping deliver better decision-making and ultimately improving the environmental performance of expressway infrastructure.
AU  - Zhou,K-Y
AU  - Sheate,WR
DO  - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.12.011
EP  - 1483
PY  - 2011///
SP  - 1471
TI  - EIA application in China’s expressway infrastructure: Clarifying the decision-makinghierarchy
T2  - Journal of Environmental Management
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.12.011
UR  - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03014797
VL  - 92
ER  -
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