Thomas B. Fischer is a Reader in the Department of Civic Design at Liverpool University, UK, a Visiting Professor in the Research Centre for Strategic Environmental Assessment at Nankai University, Tianjin, China, chair of the SEA section of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) and an associate research member of the Viessmann Research Centre on Modern Europe at Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada. He is author of SEA in Transport and Land Use Planning (2002) and co-editor of the Handbook of SEA (2007).

'Ideal for students or practitioners new to SEA.' Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment

• Foreword * What is Strategic Environmental Assessment? * Strategic Environmental Assessment Process, Methods and Techniques * Identifying Appropriate Issues and Alternatives to be Addressed in SEA: The Importance of a Tiered Approach * Comparative Review of 11 Established Strategic Environmental Assessment Systems * The European SEA Directive: Its Transposition and Implementation in the Member States * Spatial and Land Use Case Studies * Summary and Conclusions * Index

Thomas B. Fischer is a Reader in the Department of Civic Design at Liverpool University, UK, a Visiting Professor in the Research Centre for Strategic Environmental Assessment at Nankai University, Tianjin, China, chair of the SEA section of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) and an associate research member of the Viessmann Research Centre on Modern Europe at Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada. He is author of SEA in Transport and Land Use Planning (2002) and co-editor of the Handbook of SEA (2007).

'Ideal for students or practitioners new to SEA.' Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment

• Foreword * What is Strategic Environmental Assessment? * Strategic Environmental Assessment Process, Methods and Techniques * Identifying Appropriate Issues and Alternatives to be Addressed in SEA: The Importance of a Tiered Approach * Comparative Review of 11 Established Strategic Environmental Assessment Systems * The European SEA Directive: Its Transposition and Implementation in the Member States * Spatial and Land Use Case Studies * Summary and Conclusions * Index

Thomas B. Fischer is a Reader in the Department of Civic Design at Liverpool University, UK, a Visiting Professor in the Research Centre for Strategic Environmental Assessment at Nankai University, Tianjin, China, chair of the SEA section of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) and an associate research member of the Viessmann Research Centre on Modern Europe at Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada. He is author of SEA in Transport and Land Use Planning (2002) and co-editor of the Handbook of SEA (2007).

'Ideal for students or practitioners new to SEA.' Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment

• Foreword * What is Strategic Environmental Assessment? * Strategic Environmental Assessment Process, Methods and Techniques * Identifying Appropriate Issues and Alternatives to be Addressed in SEA: The Importance of a Tiered Approach * Comparative Review of 11 Established Strategic Environmental Assessment Systems * The European SEA Directive: Its Transposition and Implementation in the Member States * Spatial and Land Use Case Studies * Summary and Conclusions * Index