This also ensures that SEA
fulfils its potential as a strategic environmental governance
instrument in Asia. Consequently, this paper aims to provide
an overview of SEA policy trends in Asia by conducting an
extensive literature review of SEA policy trends of 15 countries
in Asia. Subsequently, the authors analyzed the SEA application
in these countries on its problems, progress and prospects
with a summary on the presence or absence of SEA legislation
and public participation provisions in contrast with the
practical application of SEA in policy planning and public
participation. Furthermore, each country overview was also
discussed in the framework of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions
of power distance index (PDI) to provide a comparative
cultural context on similarities and divergences on SEA
implementation across Asia.