VIU Working Paper by prof. M. Montini, ELT, University of Siena

We are glad to announce that a new VIU Working Paper on Towards a new instrument for promoting sustainability beyond the EIA and the SEA: the Holistic Impact Assessment (HIA), written by prof. Massimiliano Montini from the Environmental Legal Team (ELT) of the University of Siena, is newly released and now available in the VIU publications section.

The text presents an the analysis of the main features and the most relevant shortcomings of two important instruments widely used to assess the negative environmental impact of projects and plans on the environment, namely the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).
In light of the reached results, a new instrument derived from the merging of the IEA and SEA is discussed: the Holistic Impact Assessment (HIA).