Nevertheless, international trends in SEA is increasingly reexamining
and questioning the role and effectiveness of SEA
in environmental policy planning. This is due to potential gaps
in SEA integration and towards fulfilling its full potential as a
strategic environmental governance instrument (Sadler et al.,2011; Tetlow and Hanusch, 2012). This is to avoid SEA
implementation in Asia mimicking SEA development in
Europe without customizing its application to local conditions
(Agamuthu and Dennis, 2013).