Planners’ views on cumulative effects. A focus-group study concerning transport infrastructure planning in Sweden

摘要: Cumulative effects (CE) still receive little attention in the Swedish processes for road and railway infrastructure planning. This article seeks to analyse how CE are treated by professionals engaged Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Strategic of roads railways. The aims were (i) views held with long planning practice, (ii) planners experience handling their daily (iii) identify means strengthen assessment process. study was performed as an international literature review two focus groups among planners. Discussions revealed knowledge use term CE, partly due lack incentives guidance. Little mention made research. Participants said EIA work much directed towards environmental compartments/aspects listed Code. impacts designated significant demanded work. discussions a need more collaboration between various actors novel methods public participation. Spatial temporal scales chosen concern CE. European Landscape Convention hoped enhance treatment EIA. Improvement suggestions include regulatory instruments, development interplay CEA practice science, co-ordination management baseline, monitoring follow-up data, (iv) relation project-specific objectives, developed bottom-up process, (v) inclusion within across aspects, determining significance impacts, (vi) advice on guidelines, (vii) requirement procurement, (viii) strengthened generalist competence assessment, (ix) enhancing skills stepwise analyses indirect effects. Research needs adaptation procedure state art, support quantification innovative consultation transport