Social Impact Assessment: Method And Experience In Europe, North America And The Developing World

by Becker, Henk

• ISBN13: 9781857283471
• ISBN10: 1857283473
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1997-10-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

A practical guide to the state-of-the-art techniques in social impact assessment. It takes a comprehensive and systematic approach, and provides a resource for teaching purposes and professional work.

Author Biography

Dr. Henk A. Becker is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

Table of Contents

Preface
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The quest for least-regret strategies	p. 1
The historical context of SIA	p. 22
Methods for the preliminary phase in SIA	p. 52
Methods for the Main Phase in SIA	p. 86
Types of SIA	p. 118
Major problems of SIA	p. 142
Experiences with SIA in Europe and North America	p. 175
SIA in a number of developing countries	p. 192
Conclusions, discussion and implications	p. 212
Cases and exercises	p. 223
Glossary	p. 240
Bibliography	p. 244
Index	p. 254
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