{"title":"Environmental assessment simplification in Spain: streamlining or weakening procedures?","authors":"Ainhoa González, Iñigo Sobrini","doi":"10.1080/14615517.2023.2170094","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Spanish government has made concerted efforts to simplify environmental assessment processes. In the case of the ‘simplified’ Strategic Environmental Assessment approach, this has been done with the objective of streamlining processes and resources, so that plans and programmes, or their modifications, that are considered to potentially have insignificant or negligible environmental effects are not subject to a full assessment. In contrast, the recently introduced ‘environmental effects determination procedure’ for renewable projects has the purpose of speeding up project approval processes in response to energy security challenges with a resulting potential risk of weakening assessment procedures and debilitating environmental protection. Simplification attempts should not only comply with legal mandates but proactively foster environmentally-sound, participatory and transparent decisions.","PeriodicalId":47528,"journal":{"name":"Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal","volume":"41 1","pages":"190 - 193"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14615517.2023.2170094","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT The Spanish government has made concerted efforts to simplify environmental assessment processes. In the case of the ‘simplified’ Strategic Environmental Assessment approach, this has been done with the objective of streamlining processes and resources, so that plans and programmes, or their modifications, that are considered to potentially have insignificant or negligible environmental effects are not subject to a full assessment. In contrast, the recently introduced ‘environmental effects determination procedure’ for renewable projects has the purpose of speeding up project approval processes in response to energy security challenges with a resulting potential risk of weakening assessment procedures and debilitating environmental protection. Simplification attempts should not only comply with legal mandates but proactively foster environmentally-sound, participatory and transparent decisions.
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This is the international, peer-reviewed journal of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA). It covers environmental, social, health and other impact assessments, cost-benefit analysis, technology assessment, and other approaches to anticipating and managing impacts. It has readers in universities, government and public agencies, consultancies, NGOs and elsewhere in over 100 countries. It has editorials, main articles, book reviews, and a professional practice section.
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