From fbf3626d732ed53ee209b4c6ab2544aef87d84ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rekado Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 09:28:14 +0800 Subject: move quotes to discussion --- assignment1/discussion.tex | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ assignment1/main.tex | 40 +--------------------------------------- 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-) (limited to 'assignment1') diff --git a/assignment1/discussion.tex b/assignment1/discussion.tex index 03b10ae..379f6be 100644 --- a/assignment1/discussion.tex +++ b/assignment1/discussion.tex @@ -44,6 +44,29 @@ the process of EIA for the public to be involved; where involvement is possible monitoring of effects once the plan or project has begun. \end{quote} +``Environmental Assessment in a Changing World'' (EAE_10E.PDF, Sadler) +\begin{quote} (page 49) + [EA under the RMA] ... is indirectly specified for policy + statements and strategic plans which local authorities are required to + prepare to guide and implement sustainable resource + management. Application at this level is variable and, overall, it is + concluded that the unique way that EA is integrated into the Act makes + evaluation of the effectiveness of implementation difficult +\end{quote} + +(page 164[pdf], 146[published]) +\begin{quote} + SEA is intended to be an integral part of + policy and plan-setting, rather than being applied to them as a + separate procedure. The resulting framework, in turn, establishes a + context and parameters for subsidiary EIAs, which are required for all + resource use consents and where the presumption is for protection via + rigorous limits on discharges etc. However, in practice, + implementation of the Act is occurring slowly. Experience to date + indicates that local governments still rely on project EIA rather than + undertaking policy and pian-level assessments, +\end{quote} + checklist from \textcite{intl-perspective}: @@ -59,6 +82,7 @@ checklist from \textcite{intl-perspective}: - problems of devolution: - cannot deal well with cumulative effects, because that's best done on a national/regional level \parencite{eia-state-of-the-art} - most resource consents are processed at the district/city level, not at the regional level + - \textcite[p 267]{furuseth}: little experience or resources to scrutinise EIA on the local level \textcite{practitioners} - volume of assessment work, enormous breadth in scale of covered projects diff --git a/assignment1/main.tex b/assignment1/main.tex index a82e74c..c2620ad 100644 --- a/assignment1/main.tex +++ b/assignment1/main.tex @@ -113,42 +113,4 @@ TODO -- devolved mandate, i.e. decision making is undertaken at the closest level to which it was given effect, e.g. land is a locally used resource and thus decisions are to be made by district and city councils. - -``effects-based approach'' without specific reference to EA procedure - -``Environmental Assessment in a Changing World'' (EAE_10E.PDF, Sadler) -\begin{quote} (page 49) - The New Zealand Resource Management Act (RMA, 1991) is possibly the - most far reaching piece of sustainability legislation enacted by any - country. EA is incorporated as an integral part of an effects-based - approach to sustainability. It operates within the statutory planning - and consent system rather than as a separate procedure, applies - explicitly to projects and is indirectly specified for policy - statements and strategic plans which local authorities are required to - prepare to guide and implement sustainable resource - management. Application at this level is variable and, overall, it is - concluded that the unique way that EA is integrated into the Act makes - evaluation of the effectiveness of implementation difficult -\end{quote} - -(page 164[pdf], 146[published]) -\begin{quote} - The Resource Management Act (1991) consolidates policy planning, - assessment, and regulatory functions previously exercised - separately. It provides a comprehensive framework with a single - purpose of promoting “the sustainable management of natural and - physical resources” (Section 5). A hierarchy of national and regional - policy statements and regional and district plans form the cornerstone - for implementing the Act. - - SEA is intended to be an integral part of - policy and plan-setting, rather than being applied to them as a - separate procedure. The resulting framework, in turn, establishes a - context and parameters for subsidiary EIAs, which are required for all - resource use consents and where the presumption is for protection via - rigorous limits on discharges etc. However, in practice, - implementation of the Act is occurring slowly. Experience to date - indicates that local governments still rely on project EIA rather than - undertaking policy and pian-level assessments, -\end{quote} \ No newline at end of file +- devolved mandate, i.e. decision making is undertaken at the closest level to which it was given effect, e.g. land is a locally used resource and thus decisions are to be made by district and city councils. \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3