DocumentCode
3217601
Title
Public participation in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) — A case study of Hong Kong
Author
Hu Jiayu
Author_Institution
Sch. of Urban Design, Wuhan Univ., Wuhan, China
fYear
2011
fDate
22-24 April 2011
Firstpage
6091
Lastpage
6094
Abstract
With special reference to Hong Kong, this paper aims to examine the public participation in Hong Kong´s EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) system. It firstly reviews the history of EIA in Hong Kong, and investigates the EIA Ordinance and the related institutional structure. Thereafter it analyses public participation in EIA procedure, public access to environmental information and the role of NGOs. Finally it comes up with recommendations and conclusion.
Keywords
environmental factors; Hong Kong; environmental impact assessment; environmental information; institutional structure; public participation; Communities; Government; Green products; History; Planning; Pollution; Weapons; EIA; Hong Kong; public participation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electric Technology and Civil Engineering (ICETCE), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Lushan
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0289-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICETCE.2011.5774344
Filename
5774344
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