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Enríquez de Salamanca Sánchez-Cámara, Álvaro 2025-10-13T10:07:41Z 2025-10-13T10:07:41Z 2016 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 1461-5517 https://doi.org/10.1080/14615517.2016.1159425 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/124829 1471-5465 https://doi.org/10.1080/14615517.2016.1159425 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14615517.2016.1159425#abstract 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. eng restricted access Project splitting in environmental impact assessment journal article