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Hierarchical methodological framework to improve
Policy Environmental Assessment: Based on policy layer research |
| Yinglie ZHOU,Cunkuan BAO, |
| State Key Laboratory
of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science
and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; |
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Abstract This study explores the current implementation challenges of the Policy Environmental Assessment (PEA), including the implementation of a far richer, more diverse (at macro level), and better understanding of PEA and integration with decision making. The results contribute to the analysis of PEA through different hierarchies of assessment. Stemming from the theory and practice of policy, a concept of PEA hierarchies is proposed including the uppermost PEA, upper-lower PEA, and lowermost PEA. Afterward, the differences of the three hierarchies are interpreted, in terms of aims, principles, processes, and methods. The evaluation of the policy environmental impacts from different lens helps solve the complexities of policies and identify opportunities for improvement of PEA.
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Policy Environmental Assessment (PEA)
policy hierarchy
PEA hierarchy
methodological framework
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Issue Date: 05 March 2010
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