SEA - Enhancing communication for better environmental decisions
- New University of Lisbon, DCEA, FCT-UNL, Quinta da Torre, 2829-516 Caparica (Portugal)
- IST - Technical University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon (Portugal)
Over the years SEA has been subjected to several interpretations, often resulting from different views on democratic processes and social considerations in decision-making. More than strictly a technical tool, as in its original form, SEA has the potential to act as a mediating instrument, bridging problem perceptions with technical solutions, steering the assessment to facilitate the integration of environmental values into decision-making processes, influencing decision-makers' capacity of acceptance. This paper explores the potential of SEA to enhance communication between different stakeholders, enabling discussion and agreement independently of different beliefs, convictions, social roles, values, accumulated experiences, individual needs, or any other factors, that express different world visions and determine the context within which decisions are taken. To face up to this challenge the authors suggest the establishment of communication strategies that enhance the role of SEA in the construction of social expectations and platforms of discussion, in the multiple negotiation processes that take place between stakeholders and decision-makers.
- OSTI ID:
- 20861660
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Vol. 26, Issue 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2006.06.005; PII: S0195-9255(06)00065-5; Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0195-9255
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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