Abstract
Territorial Impact Assessment (TIA) is a policy Strategic Environmental Assessment type tool used in the European Union (EU), for European and EU Member States levels as well as across Member States in, for example, trans-border regions. It is closely connected with the EU concept of Territorial Cohesion, which is based on the idea that no EU citizen should be disadvantaged in terms of access to public services, housing, or employment opportunities just by living in a particular region. To date, TIA has been applied in particular to European directives and other legislation in research projects in order to assess territorially diverse socio-economic, cultural and environmental impacts (both, positive and negative). This chapter examines and reflects on the ideas behind TIA, and presents and discusses two applications in practice.
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