1. Translating strong principles into effective practice: environmental assessment in Ontario, Canada.
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Savan, Beth and Gore, Christopher
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ENVIRONMENTAL impact analysis , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *ENVIRONMENTAL protection , *SUSTAINABLE development , *SOCIAL participation - Abstract
This paper examines two fundamental and inter-related tensions relating to environmental assessment between the desire to be proactive, promoting sustainable development and the more traditional practice of preventing harm, as well as the need to balance a predictable, expeditious and efficient process with transparency and inclusive deliberation. Proposed reforms to the environmental assessment process in Ontario, Canada, are examined as a case in point, showing how the recommendations in Ontario are consistent with international trends. In particular, over-arching principles need to be embedded in more precise sector-specific policies to enable environmental assessment processes to meet these competing goals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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