ABSTRACT This paper aims to understand the procedural effectiveness of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) of urban planning in Australia. The SEA has been practiced in Australia over the last two decades under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act of 1999. After the reform of EPBC Act in 2006, the application of SEA in urban sector has been widened. By evaluating the procedural practice of SEA of Melbourne Urban Extension Plan using a set of evaluation criteria, the study shows that most of the procedural requirements were confirmed by the SEA of the plan. There were some shortcomings including, among others, inadequate consideration of cumulative impacts, socio-economic impacts and the analysis of alternatives at different stages of SEA. The possible reasons behind these shortcomings were explained based on the context of SEA in Australia. Furthermore, this study explored some key features of SEA system in Australia those may influence the SEA practice. The findings of the study can be useful to the application of SEA of urban planning in addition to practitioners, academics and policy makers in Australia or elsewhere.

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澳大利亚城市规划的战略环境评估：以墨尔本城市扩展规划为例

摘要本文旨在了解澳大利亚城市规划的战略环境评估（SEA）的程序有效性。在过去的二十年中，根据1999年的环境保护和生物多样性保护（EPBC）法案在澳大利亚实施了SEA。在2006年EPBC法案改革后，SEA在城市领域的应用得到了扩大。通过使用一组评估标准评估墨尔本城市扩展计划SEA的程序实践，该研究表明，大多数程序要求已由该计划的SEA确认。存在一些缺陷，其中包括，其中包括对累积影响，社会经济影响以及对策略性环境评估不同阶段的替代方案的分析不够充分。这些缺陷背后的可能原因是根据澳大利亚SEA的背景进行了解释。此外，本研究探讨了澳大利亚SEA系统的一些关键特征，这些特征可能会影响SEA实践。除了澳大利亚或其他地区的从业者，学者和政策制定者外，该研究结果对于城市规划策略性环境评估的应用也可能有用。