Papers by Elizabeth Wilson
GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 2008
The recently finished EU funded project MACIS reviewed observed and projected climate change impa... more The recently finished EU funded project MACIS reviewed observed and projected climate change impacts on biodiversity. It assessed mitigation and adaptation options. It also reviewed and developed methods to assess future impacts of climate change on biodiversity including the identification of policy options to prevent and minimise these impacts.
Project Appraisal, 1997
Since 1988 and the introduction into UKplanning of the requirement for formal environmental impac... more Since 1988 and the introduction into UKplanning of the requirement for formal environmental impact assessment (EIA) of major projects, there has been much research on the quality of the environmental statements (ESs) submitted with planning applications. Yet the ES is only one part of the total environmental in formation (El); its quality does not necessarily reflect the overall quality of the EIA process or of the decisions which flow from it. Ten case studies demonstrate this point, the complexprocess of gathering environmental information, and its relationship to the ES and decisionmaking. while the ES remains a key feature of EIA, it is open far less significant than the mass of other information assessed by local planning authorities in making decisions on major projects.
Developing UK spatial planning policy to respond to climate change
Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 2006
In 2004, the UK government published advice to planning authorities on ways in which the planning... more In 2004, the UK government published advice to planning authorities on ways in which the planning system might respond to climate change. This paper provides an account of the process of the formulation of that advice and the subsequent policy guidance, analysing the tensions ...
Implementing new EU environmental law: the short life of the UK Site Waste Management Plan Regulations
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2014
ABSTRACT Using an analytical framework based on current implementation theory, this research exam... more ABSTRACT Using an analytical framework based on current implementation theory, this research examines the transposition of the EU Waste Framework Directive into UK law and local government development control procedures. The study which forms the basis of this paper was commissioned by the UK Government to evaluate the effectiveness of the construction Waste Management Plans introduced as a legal requirement in 2008. It was found that its implementation had largely failed and that these new laws had been ineffective. Subsequently, in March 2012 the UK Government announced its intention to withdraw these Regulations. In the context of current deregulatory pressures, but with the continuing need to minimise construction waste, this research concludes that more attention should be paid by central government to their current ‘top-down’ implementation procedures in order to better roll-out new environmental legislation in the future.
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Papers by Elizabeth Wilson