ABSTRACT
The title o f this chap ter is purposely presum ptuous in tha t it is the claim of this book tha t lessons can be drawn from the evidence and experiences reco rded here. From the evidence p resen ted here, an d o th e r recorded trends, we can draw some conclusions abou t the natu re o f EIA practice in the UK. In this chap ter we exam ine th a t evidence and assess the UK’s EIA system in term s o f a com parison with o th e r systems and notions o f good practice and the theoretical fram ework exam ined in the In troduction .
