The International Journal of the Constructed Environment

The complexity of the environmental issue influences the planning process, affecting multiple factors and
\nelements of the urbanity. For this reason, the challenge of sustainability requires an integrated approach in order to cope
\nwith all critical aspects of planning practice. The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), as a tool directly connected
\nto the planning process, represents a great opportunity to explore different kinds of knowledge presented in planning
\ntheory, proposing a new integrated way in order to overcame practical separations and divisions. This paper analysed
\nthe contributions of three main theoretical fields strongly related with the SEA practice, setting…