RT Journal Article
T1 Project splitting in environmental impact assessment
A1 Enríquez de Salamanca, Álvaro
AB This paper discusses project splitting in environmental impact assessment (EIA), investigatingthe current state of knowledge through literature, legislation, case-law and practice, discussingproblems and providing solutions. The focus is on Spain, but many of the conclusions areapplicable worldwide. Project splitting is a much more common practice than generallyaccepted. The main efforts have been focused on preventing salami-slicing as a mechanismto avoid the EIA, but it is a much more complex problem, with different ways of splitting andreasons for doing so. Measures to avoid this practice should include strengthening the strategicenvironmental assessment, a greater involvement of the approval authority, specific prohibitionsin regulations, using case-by-case examinations instead of thresholds, compulsory scoping andavoid the exclusion of project parts during the EIA.
PB Taylor & Francis
SN 1461-5517
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/124829
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/124829
LA eng
NO Enríquez de Salamanca Á. 2016. Project splitting in environmental impact assessment. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 34(2):152-159. https://doi.org/10.1080/14615517.2016.1159425
NO Article History:  received 20 january 2016accepted 15 February 2016This work has received support of the Spanish Programof Research, Development and Innovation under project[CTM2014-56668-R]
DS Docta Complutense
RD 18 mar 2026