Analytical Strategic Environmental Assessment (ANSEA) is an insightful new approach to environmental evaluation, based on decision theory, policy analysis and environmental considerations. These concepts, though not new in their own fields of application, are combined and integrated in an innovative fashion. This book presents recent research on the implementation of the ANSEA approach which aims to ensure environmental values are properly integrated into the decision-making process. Contents: Preface Foreword by Riki Therivel Introduction Part I: ANSEA Theoretical Background 1. Background and Context of a Strategic Environmental Assessment 2. Setting the Ground for a New Approach to SEA 3. SEA and Decision-Making Sciences 4. ANSEA Concepts Part II: The ANSEA Approach 5. ANSEA#s Steps 6. Relating ANSEA to the European Directive on SEA Part III: Illustrating the ANSEA Approach in Practice 7. Practical Illustrations of the ANSEA Approach 8. Case Study # The German Federal Transport Infrastructure Planning (FTIP) 9. Case Study # Urban Planning in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife Island, Spain References Index Contributors: M. Alvarez-Arenas, O. Bina, D. Bongardt, P. Caratti, H. Dalkmann, M. García, G. Haq, R. Jiliberto, A. MacGillivray, M. Nilsson, M. Tamborra, R. Tarquini