Analysing Strategic Environmental Assessment
Towards Better Decision- Making

With explicatory examples and practical case studies, the distinguished, interdisciplinary authors clearly illustrate how a decision-centred approach to environmental assessment can be successfully achieved.

Preface Foreword by Riki Therivel Introduction Part I: ANSEA Theoretical Background 1. Background and Context of a Strategic Environmental Assessment 2. Setting the Ground for a New Approach to SEA 3. SEA and Decision-Making Sciences 4. ANSEA Concepts Part II: The ANSEA Approach 5. ANSEA's Steps 6. ANSEA's Principles and the Objectives of the European SEA Directive (2001/42/EC) Part III: Illustrating the ANSEA Approach in Practice 7. Introduction 8. Case Study - The German Federal Transport Infrastructure Planning (FTIP) 9. Case Study - The Urban Planning in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife Island, Spain References Index