Development Review
Vol 30, Issue 1, 2021
Environmental Consideration of Infrastructure Projects under Public Private Partnership: Sustainable Development Perspective
Author(s) : Maruf Ahmad and Naznin Islam
Abstract :
The study was conducted to assess the status of Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) and explore the environmental protection measures taken for infrastructure projects under the Public-Private Partnership. The finding of the study reveals that the quality of the EIA process for infrastructure projects under PPP in Bangladesh is still unsatisfactory. Near about 50% of respondents opined that steps of EIA being partially followed and poorly considered in environmental pollution control measures. Most of the PPP infrastructure projects not at all provide for the stewardship of ecosystems and biodiversity conservation and don’t follow the proper guidelines of EIA besides having a paper-based environmental hazard mitigation plan but not in practices. Capacity building of DoE staff, a corruption-free and flexible administrative process would be helpful in an effective EIA process for infrastructure projects under PPP.
Keywords : Public-Private Partnership, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Environmental aspects, Stewardship, Capacity building, Sustainable Development, Infrastructure
