Abbreviations and Acronyms
A
AA |
Appropriate assessment |
ABI |
UK Annual Business Inquiry |
ADB |
African Development Bank |
ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
AEE |
Assessment of environmental effects |
AEP |
Association of Environmental Professionals |
ANZECC |
Australia and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council |
AONB |
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty |
APC |
Air pollution control |
API |
Assessment on Proponent Information (WA) |
AQMA |
Air quality management area |
B
BAA |
BAA Airports Limited (previously British Airports Authority) |
BANANA |
Build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything |
BG |
Bulgaria |
BIO |
Bio Intelligence Service S.A.S. |
BME |
Black and minority ethnic |
BPEO |
Best practicable environmental option |
BP |
British Petroleum |
BS |
British Standard |
BWEA |
British Wind Energy Association |
C
CAREC |
Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia |
CBA |
Cost–benefit analysis |
CC |
County Council |
CCGT |
Combined cycle gas turbine |
CCHP |
Combined cooling heat and power |
CCS |
Carbon capture and storage |
CCW |
Countryside Council for Wales |
CE |
Categorical exclusion |
CEA |
Cumulative effects assessment |
CEAA |
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency |
CEAM |
Cumulative effects assessment and management |
CEARC |
Canadian Environmental Assessment Research Council |
CEC |
Commission of the European Communities |
CEGB |
Central Electricity Generating Board |
CEMP |
Construction environmental management plan |
CEPA |
Commonwealth Environmental Protection Agency (Australia) |
CEQ |
US Council on Environmental Quality |
CEQA |
California Environmental Quality Act |
CHP |
Combined heat and power |
CIA |
Cultural impact assessment |
CIE |
Community impact evaluation |
CISDL |
Centre for International Sustainable Development Law |
CITES |
Convention on Trade in Endangered Species |
CLG |
UK Department for Communities and Local Government |
CO2 |
Carbon dioxide |
COWI |
COWI A/S |
CPO |
Compulsory purchase order |
CPRE |
Campaign to Protect Rural England |
CRM |
Contingent ranking method |
CRS |
US Congressional Research Service |
CRTN |
Calculation of road traffic noise |
CSR |
Corporate social responsibility |
CVM |
Contingent valuation method |
CY |
Cyprus |
CZ |
Czech Republic |
D
dB |
Decibels |
dBA |
A-weighted decibels |
DA |
Devolved administration (in the UK) |
DBIS |
UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills |
DC |
District Council |
DCLG |
UK Department for Communities and Local Government |
DECC |
UK Department of Energy and Climate Change |
DEFRA |
UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
DETR |
UK Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions |
DFID |
UK Department for International Development |
DfT |
UK Department for Transport |
DG |
Directorate General (CEC) |
DMRB |
Design manual for roads and bridges |
DoE |
UK Department of the Environment |
DOEn |
UK Department of Energy |
DoT |
UK Department of Transport |
DTI |
UK Department for Trade and Industry |
E
EA |
Environmental assessment |
EA |
UK Environment Agency |
EAGGF |
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund |
EAP |
Environmental action plan |
EBRD |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
EC |
European Commission |
ECJ |
European Court of Justice |
EcIA |
Ecological impact assessment |
EDF |
Electricite de France |
EE |
Estonia |
EEA |
European Environment Agency |
EIA |
Environmental impact assessment |
EIB |
European Investment Bank |
EID |
Environmental impact design |
EIR |
Environmental impact report |
EIR |
Environmental impact review |
EIS |
Environmental impact statement |
EM&A |
Environmental monitoring and audit |
EMAS |
Eco-Management and Audit Scheme |
EMP |
Environmental management plan |
EMS |
Environmental management system |
EN |
English Nature |
ENDS |
Environmental Data Services |
EPA |
UK Environmental Protection Act |
EPA |
US Environmental Protection Act |
EPA |
US Environmental Protection Agency |
EPA |
West Australian Environmental Protection Authority |
EPB |
Environmental Protection Bureau (China) |
EPBCA |
Environmental Protection and Bio-diversity Conservation Act (Australia) |
EPD |
Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department |
EqIA |
Equality impact assessment |
ERM |
Environmental Resources Management Limited |
ES |
Environmental statement |
ESRC |
Economic and Social Research Council |
ETSU |
Energy Technology Support Unit |
EU |
European Union |
F
FEARO |
Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office |
FEIS |
Final environmental impact statement |
FHWA |
US Federal Highway Administration |
FoE |
Friends of the Earth |
FONSI |
Finding of no significant impact |
G
G1, G2 |
Generation 1; Generation 2 |
GAM |
Goals achievement matrix |
GHG |
Greenhouse gases |
GHK |
GHK Consulting Limited |
GIS |
Geographical information systems |
GNP |
Gross national product |
GP |
General practitioner |
GPDO |
General Permitted Development Order |
GW |
Gigawatt |
H
h, ha |
Hectare |
HEP |
Hydro-electric power |
HGV |
Heavy goods vehicle |
HIA |
Health impact assessment |
HMG |
Her Majesty’s Government |
HMIP |
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Pollution |
HMSO |
Her Majesty’s Stationery Office |
HPF |
Household production function |
HPM |
Hedonic price methods |
HRA |
Habitats regulation assessment |
HSE |
Health and Safety Executive |
HU |
Hungary |
HWS |
Hampshire Waste Services |
I
IA |
Impact assessment |
IAIA |
International Association for Impact Assessment |
IAU |
Impacts Assessment Unit (Oxford Brookes) |
IEA |
Institute of Environmental Assessment |
IEMA |
Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment |
IFI |
International Funding Institution |
IIA |
Integrated impact assessment |
IMD |
Index of Multiple Deprivation |
INEM |
International Network for Environmental Management |
IOCGP |
Inter-organizational Committee on Guidelines and Principles for Social Impact Assessment |
IPC |
Infrastructure Planning Commission |
IPC |
Integrated pollution control |
IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
IPHI |
Institute of Public Health in Ireland |
ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
IWM |
Institute of Waste Management |
J
JEAPM |
Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management |
JNCC |
Joint Nature Conservancy Council |
K
JEAPM |
Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management |
JNCC |
Joint Nature Conservancy Council |
L
L10 |
Noise level exceeded for no more than 10 per cent of a monitoring period |
LB |
London Borough |
LCA |
Life cycle assessment |
LNG |
Liquified natural gas |
LPA |
Local planning authority |
LT |
Lithuania |
LTP |
Local transport plan |
LTP3 |
Third local transport plan |
LULU |
Locally unacceptable land uses |
LV |
Latvia |
M
MAFF |
UK Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
MAUT |
Multi-attribute utility theory |
MBC |
Metropolitan Borough Council |
MCA |
Multi-criteria assessment |
MCDA |
Multi-criteria decision analysis |
MEA |
Manual of Environmental Appraisal |
MMO |
Marine Management Organization (UK) |
MoD |
UK Ministry of Defence |
MOEP |
Ministry of Environmental Protection (China) |
MT |
Malta |
MW |
Megawatt |
N
NE |
Natural England |
NEPA |
US National Environmental Policy Act |
NGC |
National Grid Company |
NGO |
Non-governmental organization |
NHS |
National Health Service |
NIMBY |
Not in my back yard |
NOx |
Nitrogen oxide |
NPDV |
Net present day value |
NPS |
National Policy Statement |
NSIP |
Nationally significant infrastructure project |
NTS |
Non-technical summary |
O
ODA |
Olympic Delivery Authority |
ODPM |
UK Office of the Deputy Prime Minister |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OISD |
Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development |
OJ |
Official Journal of the European Communities |
OTP |
Operational Transport Programme |
P
PADC |
Project Appraisal for Development Control |
PAS |
Planning Advisory Service |
PBS |
Planning balance sheet |
PEIR |
Programme environmental impact report |
PEIS |
Programmatic environmental impact statement |
PER |
Public Environmental Review (WA) |
PIC |
Partnerships in Care |
PL |
Poland |
PM10 |
Particulate matter of less than 10 microns in diameter |
PPG |
Planning Policy Guidance |
PPPs |
Policies, plans and programmes |
PPPP |
Policy, plan, programme or project |
PPS |
Planning policy statement |
PWR |
Pressurized water reactor |
Q
QBL |
Quadruple bottom line |
QOLA |
Quality of life assessment |
R
RA |
Resilience Alliance |
RA |
Risk assessment |
RMA |
Resource Management Act (NZ) |
RO |
Romania |
ROD |
Record of decision |
RSPB |
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
RTPI |
Royal Town Planning Institute |
S
S106 |
Section 106 |
S&EIA |
Socio-economic and environmental impact assessment |
SA |
Sustainability appraisal |
SAC |
Special Area of Conservation |
SAIEA |
Southern African Institute for Environmental Assessment |
SAVE |
SAVE Britain’s Heritage |
SD |
Sustainable development |
SDD |
Scottish Development Department |
SEA |
Strategic environmental assessment |
SEERA |
South East England Regional Assembly |
SEPA |
Scottish Environment Protection Agency |
SI |
Slovenia |
SIA |
Social impact assessment |
SK |
Slovakia |
SNH |
Scottish Natural Heritage |
SNIFFER |
Strategic Environmental Assessment Guidance |
SO2 |
Sulphur dioxide |
SOER |
State of the Environment Report |
SoS |
Secretary of State |
SPA |
Special Protection Area |
SSE |
Stop Stansted Expansion |
SSSI |
Site of Special Scientific Interest |
T
TBL |
Triple bottom line |
T&CP |
Town and country planning |
TIA |
Transport impact assessment |
TRL |
Transport Research Laboratory |
U
UKNEA |
UK National Ecosystem Assessment |
UN |
United Nations |
UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
UNECE |
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
US |
United States |
USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
V
VEC |
Valued ecosystem component |
VMP |
Visitor management plan |
VROM |
Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment |
W
WA |
Western Australia |
WBCSD |
World Business Council for Sustainable Development |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
WID |
USAID Women in Development |
WTA |
Willingness to accept |
WTP |
Willingness to pay |