THE POTENTIAL FOR ADOPTING STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (SEA) IN EGYPT | ||
| Journal of Urban Research | ||
| Article 6, Volume 8, Issue 1, July 2011, Pages 107-122 PDF (1.94 M) | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jur.2011.94275 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ibrahim Hegazy Hegazy1; Hossam Samir Ibrahim2 | ||
| 1Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering El Mansoura University. | ||
| 2Regional Development Department, Faculty of Regional & Urban planning Cairo University. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The achievement of sustainable development demands a close integration between environment and development. The evidence is that in developing countries (Egypt, as an example) the gap between the need for environmental protection and development processes is widening rather than closing. Intensive research programmes are needed, for instance in the field of sustainable development and environmental management, to narrow that gap. Despite the fact that Egypt has achieved considerable progress in environmental management, in particular in establishing an EIA system as a management tool for achieving acceptable forms of environmentally sound development and sustainability; it is argued that there are various EIA constraints. It is also noted that the natural environment in Egypt has continued to be heavily degraded. Therefore, this paper advocates the adoption of strategic environmental assessment as a means of achieving sustainable development in planning practice. SEA is considered to be the machinery for achieving close integration between the environment and development processes in Egypt. This paper mainly aims at investigating the Egyptian environmental context to reveal the potential for SEA to be introduced in environmental management to achieve more sustainable development. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Egypt; Strategic environmental assessment; EIA; sustainable development | ||
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