Key Principles of SEA.- Purpose and Background of the European SEA Directive.- Legal Context of the SEA Directive - Links with other Legislation and Key Procedures.- Transposition of the SEA Directive into National Law - Challenges and Possibilities.- Some Legal Problems of Implementing the SEA Directive into Member States' Legal Systems.- Current SEA Practice in England.- Implementing SEA in Germany.- Implementing SEA in Italy - The Case of the Emilia Romagna Region.- First Experiences with Implementing SEA Legislation in Flanders (Belgium).- Implementing SEA in Austria.- Implementing SEA in Finland - Further Development of Existing Practice.- Problems of a Minimalist Implementation of SEA - The Case of Sweden.- National Strategy for the Implementation of SEA in the Czech Republic.- Developments of SEA in Poland.- Experiences with SEA in Latvia.- Implementing SEA in Estonia.- Improved Decision-Making through SEA - Expectations and Results in the United States.- SEA in Canada.- SEA of Plan Objectives and Policies to Promote Sustainability in New Zealand.- The Need for SEA in Kenya.- SEA for Water Resource Management in Ghana.- SEA in Ukraine.- Importance of SEA in China - The Case of Three Gorges Dam Project.- Tools for SEA.- Methodological Approaches to SEA within the Decision-Making Process.- Strategic Level Cumulative Impact Assessment.- Handling Transboundary Cumulative Impacts in SEA.- Cultural Integrity as a Criterion of SEA.- Requirements and Methods for Public Participation in SEA.- Public Participation for SEA in a Transboundary Context.- Developing Quantitative SEA Indicators Using a Thermodynamic Approach.- A Structural and Functional Strategy Analysis for SEA.- Soil Resources and SEA.- Towards the Implementation of SEA - Learning from EIA for Water Resources.- Links between the Water Framework Directive and SEA.- Assessing Biodiversity in SEA.- Biodiversity Programmes on Global, European and National Levels Related to SEA.- Co-ordination of SEA and Landscape Planning.- Urban Planning and SEA.- SEA in Transport Planning in Germany.- SEA for Agricultural Programmes in the EU.- SEA of Waste Management Plans - An Austrian Case Study.- Mining Industry and SEA - An Example in Turkey.- Capacity-Building and SEA.- A Critique of SEA from the Point of View of the German Industry.- Best Practice Use of SEA - Industry, Energy and Sustainable Development.- SEA Outlook - Future Challenges and Possibilities.