Comparative Study of Environmental Impact Assessment Systems

• Main Authors: Yang, Yi-Chieh, 楊宜潔
• Other Authors: Lee, Yuh-Ming
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/31802786418839530499

碩士 === 國立臺北大學 === 自然資源與環境管理研究所 === 98 === Ever since The Industry Revolution, severe pollution problems not only lead the quality of environment deteriorating, but threatened the existence of creatures, including human being. As a result, the concept of environmental impact assessment (EIA) shaped from the viewpoint of prevention. Owing to experiencing similar happenings mentioned above, Taiwanese government also promoted the EIA as a statutory procedure at 1994. If projects failed the review, choosing to move overseas would be one of its decisions. Such settlement might cause additional pollution at the region, forming the “pollution spillover ” occurrence. This study selected the EIA systems of Vietnam, Hong Kong and Japan as comparative objects, attempting to generalize the characteristic of each. In this paper, another emphasis must be examining the difference in air pollutants emission recorded on EIA documents, rendered to native and alien governments by firm. The conclusion points out that the regulation of Taiwanese second-stage EIA system is more stringent than one in Vietnam, yet still looser than ones in H.K. and Japan. Besides, a veto power solely belonging to EIA review committee should be the unique. However, much time spent, more administrations involving, higher assessing standard asking, are all the special parts of EIA procedure in T.W. . The pollution spillover phenomenon was proved afterwards by contrasting as well, while study case selected to locating outside of Formosa. At the last but not least, features of Taiwanese EIA system may possibly explain why investor change his preference for location.