Social Impact Assessment : Method and Experience in Europe, North America and the Developing World,9781857283464

Social Impact Assessment : Method and Experience in Europe, North America and the Developing World

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ISBN13: 9781857283464
ISBN10: 1857283465
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1997-10-01
Publisher(s): Ucl Pr Ltd
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Table of Contents

Preface xi(2)
Figures
xiii
1. The quest for least-regret strategies
1(21)
1.1 Introduction
1(4)
1.2 A case of SIA
5(2)
1.3 A profile of SIA
7(5)
1.4 Towards a conceptual model of SIA
12(5)
1.5 Towards a typology of SIA
17(2)
1.6 Outline of the book
19(3)
2. The historical context of SIA
22(30)
2.1 Introduction
22(2)
2.2 Industrialization and confrontation: 1800-1945
24(6)
2.3 Restructuring the international order: 1946-1965
30(5)
2.4 Cultural protest and economic crisis: 1966-1985
35(6)
2.5 Towards sustainability: 1986 and beyond
41(8)
2.6 Summary
49(3)
3. Methods for the preliminary phase in SIA
52(34)
3.1 Introduction
52(4)
3.2 Problem analysis and communications strategy
56(6)
3.2.1 Analysis of the problem
56(3)
3.2.2 Design of a communication strategy
59(1)
3.2.3 Preliminary definition of the research problem
60(1)
3.2.4 Iteration and reporting
61(1)
3.3 Systems analysis
62(5)
3.3.1 Identification of the system
62(1)
3.3.2 Design of the conceptual model
63(4)
3.3.3 Iteration and reporting
67(1)
3.4 Baseline analysis
67(5)
3.4.1 Formulation of research questions for the baseline analysis
67(1)
3.4.2 Time perspective
68(1)
3.4.3 Design of the theoretical model
68(2)
3.4.4 Data gathering
70(1)
3.4.5 Data analysis, explanation and interpretation
71(1)
3.4.6 Iteration and reporting
71(1)
3.5 Trend analysis and monitoring
72(9)
3.5.1 Identification of trends
72(3)
3.5.2 Design of monitoring
75(3)
3.5.3 Data gathering
78(2)
3.5.4 Analysis, explanation and interpretation
80(1)
3.5.5 Iteration, pitfalls and reporting
81(1)
3.6 Project design
81(5)
3.6.1 Formulation of the research questions
81(1)
3.6.2 Design of the main phase of the SIA study
82(1)
3.6.3 Formation of the project team
82(2)
3.6.4 Planning the main phase of the SIA study
84(1)
3.6.5 Iteration and reporting
85(1)
4. Methods for the Main Phase in SIA
86(32)
4.1 Introduction
86(1)
4.2 Scenario design
86(13)
4.2.1 Choice of types of scenarios
86(3)
4.2.2 Design of model
89(3)
4.2.3 Designing the scenarios
92(4)
4.2.4 Designing critical incidents
96(2)
4.2.5 Iteration and reporting
98(1)
4.3 Design of strategies
99(3)
4.3.1 Evaluation of current strategies
99(1)
4.3.2 Design of an integrated set of strategies
100(2)
4.3.3 Iteration and reporting
102(1)
4.4 Assessment of impacts
102(4)
4.4.1 Scenario-to-strategy simulation
102(3)
4.4.2 Additional simulations
105(1)
4.4.3 Iteration and reporting
105(1)
4.5 Ranking strategies
106(3)
4.5.1 Choice of type of ranking
106(2)
4.5.2 Ranking process
108(1)
4.5.3 Iteration and reporting
109(1)
4.6 Mitigation of negative impacts
109(2)
4.6.1 Redesigning of strategies and reassessment of impacts
109(2)
4.6.2 Revision of ranking of strategies
111(1)
4.6.3 Iteration and reporting
111(1)
4.7 Reporting
111(3)
4.7.1 Decision about types of reporting
111(1)
4.7.2 Executive summary
112(1)
4.7.3 Full report
112(1)
4.7.4 Background papers
113(1)
4.7.5 Press release
113(1)
4.7.6 Workshops
113(1)
4.8 Auditing and ex-post evaluation
114(4)
4.8.1 Auditing
114(1)
4.8.2 Ex-post evaluation of the SIA study
115(3)
5. Types of SIA
118(24)
5.1 Introduction
118(1)
5.2 Towards a typology of IA
119(7)
5.3 Micro-level SIA
126(2)
5.4 Meso-level SIA
128(6)
5.5 Macro-level SIA
134(2)
5.6 SIA in integrated impact assessment studies
136(5)
5.7 Summary
141(1)
6. Major problems of SIA
142(33)
6.1 Introduction
142(1)
6.2 Determining the size of a SIA study
143(5)
6.2.1 Introduction
143(1)
6.2.2 Instant SIA studies
144(2)
6.2.3 Medium-sized SIA studies
146(1)
6.2.4 Large-size SIA studies
146(1)
6.2.5 SIA in action research programmes
147(1)
6.3 Coping with risk and uncertainty in the SIA study
148(3)
6.3.1 Risk and uncertainty
149(1)
6.3.2 Risk assessment
149(1)
6.3.3 Risk management
150(1)
6.4 Establishing the SIA study in its social setting
151(22)
6.4.1 Organizational setting of SIA
151(2)
6.4.2 Relationships with the central actor
153(1)
6.4.3 Public involvement
154(5)
6.4.4 Relationship with basic research
159(6)
6.4.5 Relationships with normative debates
165(6)
6.4.6 Relationships with IA as a social system
171(2)
6.5 Summary
173(2)
7. Experiences with SIA in Europe and North America
175(17)
7.1 Introduction
175(2)
7.2 Method and theory in SIA in the West
177(2)
7.3 Micro-analyses
179(6)
7.4 Meso-analyses in SIA
185(3)
7.5 Macro-level SIA
188(1)
7.6 Settings of SIA in the West
189(1)
7.7 Summary
190(2)
8. SIA in a number of developing countries
192(20)
8.1 Introduction
192(1)
8.2 Methodological aspects
192(8)
8.2.1 Administrative data
194(1)
8.2.2 Population census
194(1)
8.2.3 Social surveys
195(2)
8.2.4 Integrating research methodologies
197(3)
8.3 Meso-level SIA in a number of developing countries
200(6)
8.4 Macro-level SIA in a number of developing countries
206(3)
8.4.1 Population growth and the environment
206(2)
8.4.2 Policy impacts on the dynamics of the population
208(1)
8.5 Settings for SIA in developing countries
209(1)
8.6 Summary
210(2)
9. Conclusions, discussion and implications
212(11)
9.1 Introduction
212(1)
9.2 Conclusions
212(3)
9.3 Discussion
215(3)
9.4 Implications for the future
218(5)
Cases and exercises 223(17)
Glossary 240(4)
Bibliography 244(10)
Index 254

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