MSc Environmental Assessment and Management

There has been a rapid growth in Environmental Assessment requirements around the world, at both project and strategic levels, creating a need for more professionals in this field. The focus of Environmental Assessment has shifted from the project level to the strategic level, where the implications of policies, plans and programmes are assessed. Strategic Environmental Assessment practice varies around the world and at different levels of decision making. Whatever the focus, there is a need to establish ground rules for the scope of the assessment, and an important need to apply suitable assessment methods to fully understand the potential outcomes of policy, plan or programme development.