Table of Contents

Strategic Environmental Assessment in China: Opportunities, Issues and Challenges (Kin-Che Lam, Yongqin David Chen and Jing Wu); A Policy Window Opens: Strategic Environmental Assessment in York Region, Ontario, Canada (Denis Kirchhoff, Dan Mccarthy, Debbe D Crandall, Laura Mcdowell and Graham Whitelaw); Eia Theories - All Chinese Whispers and No Critical Theory Joe Weston(); Effectiveness of Policy Level Environmental and Sustainability Assessment: Challenges and Lessons from Recent Practice (Richard P Eales and William R Sheate); Change Agents in the Field of Strategic Environmental Assessment: What Does It Involve and What Potentials Does It Have for Research and Practice? (Lone Kornov, Ivar Lyhne, Sanne Vammen Larsen and Anne M Hansen); GIS in Environmental Assessment: A Review of Current Issues and Future Needs (Ainhoa Gonzalez Del Campo); How Clearly is Causality Communicated in EIA? Anastassios Perdicoulis and John Glasson(); The Effectiveness of EIA as an Instrument for Environmental Governance: Reflecting on 25 Years of EIA Practice in the Netherlands and the UK (Jos Arts, Hens A C Runhaar, Thomas B Fischer, Urmila Jha-Thakur, Frank Van Laerhoven, Peter P J Driessen and Vincent Onyango); Advancing Regional Strategic Environmental Assessment in Canada's Western Arctic: Implementation Opportunities and Challenges (Courtney Fidler and Bram F Noble); Perspectives on Inter-Linking Impact Assessment and Green Procurement: The Case of Green Energy (Kedar Uttam, Berit Balfors, Charlotta Faith-Ell and Ulla Mortberg); Knowledge Management in Environmental Impact Assessment Agencies: A Study in Quebec, Canada (Luis E. Sanchez and Pierre Andre); Environmental Assessment and Management Related Master Level Degree Programmes in the EU: Baseline, Trends, Challenges and Opportunities (Thomas B Fischer, Urmila Jha-Thakur); Current State of the Sea System in Brazil: A Comparative Study (Marcelo Montano, Priscila Oppermann, Anne Caroline Malvestio and Marcelo Pereira Souza); Environmental Impacts of Civil Emergency Plans and Their Exemption from Sea (Steve Swain and Riki Therivel);