Social impact assessment: method and experience in Europe, North America and the developing world/ Henk A. Becker

Preface; 1. The quest for least-regret strategies;
1.1 Introduction;
1.2 A case of SIA;
1.3 A profile of SIA;
1.4 Towards a conceptual model of SIA;
1.5 Towards a typology of SIA;
1.6 Outline of the book;
2. The historical context of SIA;
2.1 Introduction;
2.2 Industrialization and confrontation: 1800-1945;
2.3 Restructuring the international order: 1946-1965;
2.4 Cultural protest and economic crisis: 1966-1985;
2.5 Towards sustainability: 1986 and beyond;
2.6 Summary;
3. Methods for the preliminary phase in SIA.
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Problem analysis and communications strategy;
3.2.1 Analysis of the problem;
3.2.2 Design of a communication strategy;
3.2.3 Preliminary definition of the research problem;
3.2.4 Iteration and reporting;
3.3 Systems analysis;
3.3.1 Identification of the system;
3.3.2 Design of the conceptual model;
3.3.3 Iteration and reporting;
3.4 Baseline analysis;
3.4.1 Formulation of research questions for the baseline analysis;
3.4.2 Time perspective;
3.4.3 Design of the theoretical model;
3.4.4 Data gathering;
3.4.5 Data analysis, explanation and interpretation.
3.4.6 Iteration and reporting
3.5 Trend analysis and monitoring;
3.5.1 Identification of trends;
3.5.2 Design of monitoring;
3.5.3 Data gathering;
3.5.4 Analysis, explanation and interpretation;
3.5.5 Iteration, pitfalls and reporting;
3.6 Project design;
3.6.1 Formulation of the research questions;
3.6.2 Design of the main phase of the SIA study;
3.6.3 Formation of the project team;
3.6.4 Planning the main phase of the SIA study;
3.6.5 Iteration and reporting;
4. Methods for the Main Phase in SIA;
4.1 Introduction;
4.2 Scenario design;
4.2.1 Choice of types of scenarios;
4.2.2 Design of model.
4.2.3 Designing the scenarios
4.2.4 Designing critical incidents;
4.2.5 Iteration and reporting;
4.3 Design of strategies;
4.3.1 Evaluation of current strategies;
4.3.2 Design of an integrated set of strategies;
4.3.3 Iteration and reporting;
4.4 Assessment of impacts;
4.4.1 Scenario-to-strategy simulation;
4.4.2 Additional simulations;
4.4.3 Iteration and reporting;
4.5 Ranking strategies;
4.5.1 Choice of type of ranking;
4.5.2 Ranking process;
4.5.3 Iteration and reporting;
4.6 Mitigation of negative impacts;
4.6.1 Redesigning of strategies and reassessment of impacts.
4.6.2 Revision of ranking of strategies
4.6.3 Iteration and reporting;
4.7 Reporting;
4.7.1 Decision about types of reporting;
4.7.2 Executive summary;
4.7.3 Full report;
4.7.4 Background papers;
4.7.5 Press release;
4.7.6 Workshops;
4.8 Auditing and ex-post evaluation;
4.8.1 Auditing;
4.8.2 Ex-post evaluation of the SIA study;
5. Types of SIA;
5.1 Introduction;
5.2 Towards a typology of IA;
5.3 Micro-level SIA;
5.4 Meso-level SIA;
5.5 Macro-level SIA;
5.6 SIA in integrated impact assessment studies;
5.7 Summary;
6. Major problems of SIA;
6.1 Introduction.