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Efficacy of Strategic Environmental Assessment in Canada

dc.contributor.advisorNoble, Bramen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHackett, Paulen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKricsfalusy, Vladimiren_US
dc.creatorAcharibasam, John Boscoen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-16T19:50:55Z
dc.date.available2013-09-16T19:50:55Z
dc.date.created2013-06en_US
dc.date.issued2013-07-05en_US
dc.date.submittedJune 2013en_US
dc.description.abstractStrategic environmental assessment (SEA) has been practiced in Canada since the early 1970s. However, its added value to policies plans and programs (PPPs) has yet to be fully realized. Consequently, many planners and decision makers are skeptical about the benefits of SEA, in part because of the lack of cases to indicate its added value to PPP development or downstream assessment. Much of the SEA evaluation research to date has focused on the procedural requirements and process elements of SEA rather than on its outputs and outcomes. The overall purpose of this research was to examine the efficacy of SEA and “SEA like” processes in Canada. The research examined how SEA practices have influenced PPP development, decision-making and subsequent actions in Canada. Data were collected using SEA efficacy evaluation criteria through semi-structured interviews with experts and non-experts across Canada based on their experience with and perspectives on the ‘impact’ of SEA. There has not been any study into the efficacy of SEA that is based on its added value. Most studies so far have focused on SEA inputs and process rather than outputs and broader outcomes in Canada. This research contributed not only to SEA efficacy studies, but also to improved SEA application and value added for PPP development in Canada.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2013-06-1074en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subjectstrategic environmental assessmenten_US
dc.subjectefficacyen_US
dc.subjectevaluation criteriaen_US
dc.subjectpolicies, plans and programs.en_US
dc.titleEfficacy of Strategic Environmental Assessment in Canadaen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
dc.type.materialtexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentGeography and Planningen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGeographyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Saskatchewanen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US

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