5th Nordic Environmental Assessment Conference

PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - the practice and potential of environmental assessment

Plenary session, Monday 25^th August

Opening address: Stefán Thors, director of the Planning Agency, Iceland Riki Thérivel, partner with Levett-Thérivel sustainability consultants and visiting professor at the School of Planning, Oxford Brookes University, UK Issues in implementing the SEA Directive [Abstract] [Slides] Tim Richardson, senior lecturer at the Dep. of Town & Regional Planning, Sheffield University, UK and visiting professor in the Dep. of Development and Planning, Aalborg University, Denmark SEA and planning theory: Facing up to multiple rationalities and power [Abstract] [Slides] Ingvild Swensen, adviser at the Ministry for the Environment, Norway. Endangered Impact Assessment? EIA in a changing environment [Paper]

Plenary session, Thuesday 26^th August

David Aspinwall, seconded national expert at DG Environment, European Commission Implementation of the SEA Directive [Abstract] [Slides] Audun Ruud, acting programme director and senior research fellow at the Programme on Research and Documentation for a Sustainable Society (ProSus) at the Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo, Norway. Governance for sustainable development: The challenge of environmental policy integration in Norway [Abstract] [Slides] Bo Elling, associate professor, Department of Environment, Technology and Social Studies, Roskilde University, Denmark Modernity and communicative reflection - knowledge, reflexivity and rationality in environmental assessment [Abstract] [Slides]

Parallel sessions, Monday 25^th August

Session 1 EIA of projects - Review of practice and current issues Chair: Terje Lind, Deputy Director General, Ministry for the Environment, Norway	Session 2 Methods and techniques for environmental assessment and planning Chair: Júlíus Sólnes, prof., Dep. of civil and environm. engineering, Univ. of Iceland	Session 3 Planning for sustainable development and the role of SEA Chair: Lars Emmelin, professor, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
Lessons from EIA of projects	Applicability of different methods	Planning for sustainable development and democracy
Can good EIA practice criteria be applied to SEA? – the Øresund bridge as a case Eric Markus* & Lars Emmelin [Abstract] [Handout] [Slides]	Testing an analytical framework for SEA on the waste/energy sector Måns Nilsson*, Göran Finnveden, Anna Björklund & Jessica Johansson [Abstract] [Slides]	Planning as a tool to bring about sustainable development - experiences from the Nordic counties Hólmfríður Bjarnadóttir [Abstract]
The influence of EIA for decision-making and formulation of alternatives Pekka Hokkanen [Abstract]	The role of science in environmental impact assessment and its influence upon, and interaction with, decision-making processes Mat Cashmore [Abstract] [Slides]	Environmental justice – new fuel to the debate on planning for sustainable development in the Nordic countries Karin Bradley [Abstract] [Slides]
"Great expectations” – the contribution of environmental impact assessment to decision-making in Alberta Anke Seifried [Abstract] [Paper] [Slides]	The inclusion of indirect effects in environmental assessment of infrastructure plans Jessica Johansson* & Daniel Jonsson [Abstract]	SEA and environmental justice: a participative approach to resolving local-global value conflicts? Steve Connelly* & Tim Richardsson [Abstract] [Slides]
	Environmental evaluation of four different sites for domestic airport location Júlíus Sólnes [Abstract]
Screening and scoping	Methods for baseline analysis, assessment and planning	Planning for sustainable development and institutional framework
The benefit of screening Gert Johansen [Abstract]	Natural hazard and risk assessments in regional and land-use planning: Iceland as a case study Björn Gunnarsson* & Maria-Victoria Gunnarsson [Abstract]	Holding governments accountable for EIA and SEA – the Canadian example Richard Arseneault & George Stuetz* [Abstract]
The SEA-Directive in Norway Martin A. Hanssen [Abstract] [Handout] [Slides]	The impact of natural hazards in Iceland. How assessment could be instrumental in a new type of a regional plan Hallgrímur Már Hallgrímsson, Trausti Valsson & Birgir Jónsson* [Abstract] [Slides]	Planning at national-level and introduction of SEA Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir [Abstract] [Slides]
EIA and the practical experience of the scoping report in Iceland Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir* & Jakob Gunnarsson [Abstract] [Slides]	Application and appraisal of the tourism carrying capacity concept and the recreation opportunity spectrum model for sustainable management of natural resources Anna Dóra Sæþórsdóttir* & Rannveig Ólafsdóttir [Abstract] [Slides]	EIA in parliament. Sustainability and Norwegian offshore petroleum developments Einar Leknes [Abstract] [Slides]
Scoping in EIA: theoretical strengths and practical weaknesses Paulo Pinho* & Joâo Margalha [Abstract] [Slides]		Research and development in EIA at Swedish National Heritage Board Mikael Jakobsson [Abstract] [Slides]

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Parallel sessions, Thuesday 26^th August-

Session 1 EIA of projects Review of practice and current issues Chair: Birgir Jónsson, assoc. prof., Dep. of Civil and Envir. Engineering, Univ. of Iceland	Session 3 Planning for susstainable development and the role of SEA Chair: Auður Sveinsdóttir, Docent, Dep. of Envir. and Landscape Plann., Hvanneyri Agricultural Univ., Iceland	Session 4 Implementation of the EU SEA Directive in the Nordic countries Chair: Matthildur Kr. Elmarsdóttir, planner, Skipulagsstofnun - Planning Agency, Iceland
Review of EIA practice	Planning for sustainable development and public participation
Environmental impact assessment of Icelandic road projects Hreinn Haraldsson* & Ásdís Guðmundsdóttir [Abstract] [Slides]	Public participation, democracy and environmental integration: can EIA/SEA provide a feasible connection? Maria J. Figueroa [Abstract] [Slides]	Delegates from environ-mental authorities in the Nordic countries will present and discuss current proposals (as availabel in August 2003) for transposition of the EU Directive on strategic environmental assessment.
An EIA for a highway tunnel in Trollaskagi in northern Iceland Hreinn Haraldsson, Ásdís Guðmundsdóttir & Stefán Gunnar Thors* [Abstract] [Slides]	Public participation in planning; from theory to practice Sigurborg Kr. Hannesdóttir [Abstract] [Slides]	Gert Johansen, Ministry for the Environment, Denmark
Socio - economic impact assessment. Two different projects: a road tunnel in the Tröllaskagi peninsula in Northern Iceland and the Kárahnjúkar hydro prodject in Eastern Iceland Grétar Þór Eysteinsson, Hjalti Jóhannesson* & Kjartan Ólafsson [Abstract] [Slides]		Ulla-Riitta Soveri, Ministry for the Environment, Finland [Handout] [Slides]
		Halldór Þorgeirsson, Ministry for the Environment, Iceland [Slides]
		Stig Roar Husby, Ministry for the Environment, Norway [Slides]
Review of EIA practice - energy projects	SEA of plans and programmes	Sten Jerdenius, Ministry for the Environment, Sweden [Slides]
Integrating environmental aspects into decision-making in Sweden – a case study of the energy sector Sara Tyskeng [Abstract]	Implementing SEA into the Icelandic road programme Sebastian Peters* & Stefán Gunnar Thors [Abstract] [Slides]
EIA and geothermal energy in Iceland Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir & Jakob Gunnarsson* [Abstract] [Slides]	Impact assessment in Swedish municipal plans since 1996 – an inventory of the environmental aspects covered Ann Åkerskog [Abstract]
Experience of environmental impact assessment (EIA) when working with electricity production in Iceland – electricity production and sustainable development Ragnheiður Ólafsdóttir. [Abstract]	Does strategic environmental assessment have an impact on development plans? Experience from the making of Reykjavík city development plan for 2001-2024 Halldóra Hreggviðsdóttir*, Sigurborg Kr. Hannesdóttir & Ingibjörg R. Guðlaugsdóttir* [Abstract] [Slides]

* Presenting author

PostersPosters

Øystein Aas [Abstract]	Actors and roles in Environmental Impact Assessment processes and the issue of impartiality; experiences and models from Scandinavia
Axel Valur Birgisson, Margrét Valdimarsdóttir & Jóhanna Weisshappel [Abstract]	EIA on water supply project in SW- Iceland
Haukur Einarsson, Ragnheiður Ólafsdóttir & Rúnar D. Bjarnason [Abstract]	Hydropower - Sustainable development and renewable energy
Markku Kuitunen, Kimmo Hirvonen & Kimmo Jalava [Abstract]	The Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM) for comparing the EIA procedures role and effectiveness in projects and programmes
Kjell Gustav Markus Lundkvist [Abstract]	The applicability of landscape information in environmental risk management – a case study between Kiruna and Narvik, northern Scandinavia
Auður Magnúsdóttir [Abstract]	Evaluating SEA and EIA to the Kárahnjúkar project and other land use alternatives in central east Iceland
Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir & Jakob Gunnarsson [Abstract]	EIA and geothermal energy in Iceland
Óskar Sigurðsson [Abstract]	Preparation for a new geothermal power plant – exploration drilling
Jóhanna Björk Weisshappel [Abstract]	Participation of Hönnun, Consultants, in EIA of the Nordural aluminum plant in Grundartangi, Hvalfjordur, environmental studies and monitoring