Edited by Clive George, former Senior Research Fellow, Impact Assessment Research Centre, Institute for Development Policy and Management, School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester and Colin Kirkpatrick, former Hallsworth Professor of Development Economics, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) and Co-Director, Regulation Research Programme, Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC), University of Manchester, UK

• Contents:Preface1. Impact Assessment and Sustainable Development: An IntroductionClive George and Colin KirkpatrickPART I: EVALUATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: CONCEPTS AND METHODS2. The Long and Winding Road of Sustainable Development EvaluationPeter Hardi3. Evaluation for Sustainable Development: The Rio Model of GovernanceMartin Jänicke4. Evaluation of Regional Network Governance: Capacity Building for Steering Sustainable DevelopmentWolfgang Meyer and Sebastian Elbe5. The Role of Evaluation in Regional Sustainable DevelopmentJoe Ravetz6. Considering Environmental Aspects in Integrated Impact Assessment: Lessons Learned and Challenges AheadKlaus Jacob, Julia Hertin and Axel Volkery7. The Contribution of Environmental Assessment to Sustainable Development: Toward a Richer Conceptual UnderstandingMatthew Cashmore8. How Useful are Computable General Equilibrium Models for Sustainability Impact Assessment?Serban Scrieciu9. Methods and Tools for Integrated Sustainability Assessment (MATISSE): A New European ProjectPaul Weaver, Jan Rotmans, John Turnpenny, Alex Haxeltine and Andrew Jordan10. The Selection of Suitable Tools for Sustainability Impact AssessmentMarjan van Herwijnen and Wouter de RidderPART II: IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES11. Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of Environmental Policies in EuropeBenjamin Görlach, Eduard Interwies, Jodi Newcombe and Helen Johns12. Implementing a Monitoring System for the French National Strategy for Sustainable DevelopmentBenoit Simon and Jean-Pierre Sivignon13. The Quality of Impact Assessment in SlovakiaKatarína Staroňová14. Challenges of Regulating Integrated Impact Assessment: The Case of Slovenia Mojca Golobic and Franc Zakrajšek15. Strategic Environmental Assessment and Sustainability Assessment in the NetherlandsGeert P.J. Draaijers and Rob Verheem16. Exploring the Feasibility of Sustainability Impact Assessment Procedures for Federal Policies in BelgiumTom Bauler, Marco Wäktare and Alessandro BonifaziIndex

'The book will be of interest to those in the Asia Pacific who research and practice in this area as European Union member countries have gone a long way in the implementation of sustainable development principles.'