Environmental and Social Impact Assessment: An Introduction

Environmental and Social Impact Assessment: An Introduction

This introduction to impact assessment examines the tools and approaches which try to ensure that the process of development follows the best possible course. It considers the concepts, methods and practice of impact assesment and outlines its capabilities, characteristics and limitations. The book includes coverage of both environmental and social impact assessment and emphasizes the importance of their use in advance of the decision-making process. The text assumes no prior knowledge of this subject.

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Techniques which predate, feed into, support, run parallel to or overlap with impact assessment
impact assessment - role and relationship with planning, politics and management
the impact assessment process
techniques and methods for identifying, assessing and communicating environmental impact
the origins of impact assessment and its spread
impact assessment in developing countries
social impact assessment
impact assessment in practice.