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Reflections on the Environmental Impact Assessment Processes in Turkey

European Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies

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Title Reflections on the Environmental Impact Assessment Processes in Turkey
 
Creator Evcimen, Oltan
 
Description Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process is a procedure that the environmental impacts of decisions on people, fauna and flora, soil, weather, climate, land, cultural heritage, etc. are taken into account before the decisions are made. Moreover, the EIA process has gradually been evolved to cover social aspects. However, Turkish legislation and implementation of EIA process seem to have significant problems when it comes to assessment of decisions on social aspects. This article will offer a critical account on the EIA process in Turkey with regard to the analysis of social impacts. The study will especially focus on whether the EIA reports in Turkey deal with the medium and long-term social impacts of the decisions in real terms and whether these reports have practical benefits in decision making processes. Moreover, the author will specifically ask whether EIA reports in Turkey assess the investments in terms of usefulness and sustainability. The main argument in this study is that those significant merits of the EIA process directly depend on the strength, efficiency and applicability of democratic participation mechanisms.
 
Publisher EUSER
 
Date 2017-10-06
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Identifier http://journals.euser.org/index.php/ejms/article/view/2624
10.26417/ejms.v6i1.p51-56
 
Source European Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies; Vol 2 No 6 (2017): EJMS September December 2017 Nr. 1; 51-56
2414-8385
2414-8377
10.26417/ejms.v6i1
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journals.euser.org/index.php/ejms/article/view/2624/2565