Secondary data-associated challenges for environmental assessment in developing countries; case of Egypt
El Sayed, M., Salah, W. (2023). Secondary data-associated challenges for environmental assessment in developing countries; case of Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2(2), 1225-1244. doi: 10.21608/msaeng.2023.293946
Marwa Adel El Sayed; Walaa Salah. "Secondary data-associated challenges for environmental assessment in developing countries; case of Egypt". EKB Journal Management System, 2, 2, 2023, 1225-1244. doi: 10.21608/msaeng.2023.293946
El Sayed, M., Salah, W. (2023). 'Secondary data-associated challenges for environmental assessment in developing countries; case of Egypt', EKB Journal Management System, 2(2), pp. 1225-1244. doi: 10.21608/msaeng.2023.293946
El Sayed, M., Salah, W. Secondary data-associated challenges for environmental assessment in developing countries; case of Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2023; 2(2): 1225-1244. doi: 10.21608/msaeng.2023.293946

Secondary data-associated challenges for environmental assessment in developing countries; case of Egypt

MSA Engineering Journal
Volume 2, Issue 2 - Serial Number 6, March 2023, Page 1225-1244  XML PDF (497.02 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/msaeng.2023.293946
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Authors
Marwa Adel El Sayedorcid 1; Walaa Salah2
1Elsherouk City
2The British University in Egypt
Abstract
 Assessing environmental major development projects requires using advanced
levels of environmental secondary data (ESD). This is particularly challenging in
developing countries. Hence, a systemic literature review was performed. Along
with structured interviews and online questionnaire designed for professional
planners and researchers were used to investigate the factors affecting secondary
data collection and processing for environmental assessment systems in Egypt as
an example of developing countries revealing potentials and challenges. The
results pinpointed critical problems for ESD associated with poor sufficiency,
availability, relevance, and accuracy of data. Thus, using these four defined criteria,
an assessment framework was developed to evaluate the status of ESD for
development projects. This provides guidelines for establishing an integrated data
collection and management system to support the environmental assessment
process. This is further applied to ‘Elqattara depression national development
project’ to investigate the environmental impact of various desalination
development scenarios. This case study project pinpointed problems for the ESD
used related to both relevance and sufficiency.
Keywords
Environmental secondary data; Environmental data sharing; Assessment of Environmental Secondary Data; Qattara Depression
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