Adoption of the EU SEA Directive in Turkey

Journal Article · Wed Jul 15 04:00:00 EDT 2009 · Environmental Impact Assessment Review

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2008.11.003· OSTI ID:21364586

Unalan, Dilek ^[1]; Cowell, Richard ^[2]

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1. Department of Environmental Policy and Planning, School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WA (United Kingdom)
2. School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WA (United Kingdom)

This paper analyses the adoption of the EU Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive (2001/42/EC) in Turkey as part of a programme of environmental policy harmonisation for EU accession, to explore the extent to which this is driving wider shifts in modes of environmental governance. To do this, rather than simply assess compliance with Directive in narrow, formal, statutory terms, we use Jaenicke and Weidner's concept of capacity building, which focuses on the constraints facing societal action to promote sustainable development. Despite the resources invested in pre-accession training and pilot SEA projects, Turkey's adoption of the Directive is still likely to be affected by the centralised nature of the bureaucracy (affecting the scope for sectoral integration), its politicised nature (interrupting the accumulation of policy learning), the limited capacity of civil society and environmental organisations to engage with the process, and the political dominance of economic development objectives.

• OSTI ID: 21364586
• Journal Information: Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Journal Name: Environmental Impact Assessment Review Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 29; ISSN 0195-9255; ISSN EIARDK
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATION
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
LEARNING
MIDDLE EAST
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TRAINING
TURKEY