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2008 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Standards and Thresholds for EA in Highly Polluted Areas — The Approach of Ukraine
Authors : Dmytro Palekhov, Michael Schmidt, Gennady Pivnyak
Published in: Standards and Thresholds for Impact Assessment
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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This chapter aims to discuss Ukrainian practice of environmental regulation (i.e. setting environmental norms) in the context of applying environmental assessment procedures — EIA and SEA. For highly polluted areas, which are plentiful in Ukraine, the development of standards and thresholds is of key importance for the successful application of modern methods of environmental assessment, since the adaptation of these methods can help provide a higher level of protection for the environment. The main focus of this chapter is to discuss the necessary changes in Ukrainian practice of environmental regulation, which can contribute to a more environmentally thoughtful management of the economy. It provides an example of how a major environmental problem, in this case air pollution, can be a driver of change in environmental standards. It also reflects a concern to improve environmental performance to meet international standards, in particular EU standards.