The last few years have brought many experiments with forms of sustainability assessment,
applied at the strategic and project levels by governments, private-sector firms, civil society …

Transitions towards sustainability are urgently needed to address the interconnected challenges
of economic development, ecological integrity, and social justice, from local to global …

In this paper we examine and elaborate on the central elements of sustainable development
and governance, considering their interrelations as they have emerged from the core …

Sustainability is an essentially integrative concept. It seems reasonable, then, to design
sustainability assessment as an essentially integrative process and framework for decision-…

This research project has an immediate objective that lies within a broad task. The immediate
objective is to prepare a foundation for guidelines on how to understand and apply the …

The world now has decades of experience with impact assessment and most assessment
regimes have undergone revision over time. A positive consequence of the debates about …

IA regime design has evolved significantly over the past 50 years. Current thinking includes
a package of next generation approaches such as the incorporation of requirements for …

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Act 2012, which came into force on 6 July 2012,
virtually eliminates the core of federal-level environmental assessment in Canada. Under the …

… Critical attention to purposes and alternatives has long been an important element of
progressive environmental assessment (Gibson, 1993a). Where important controversies have …

Between 1997 and 2002, Inco Limited's proposed major nickel mining project near Voisey's
Bay on the north coast of Labrador was the subject of an innovative environmental …