TY  - BOOK
AU  - Becker, Henk A.
TI  - Social impact assessment: method and experience in Europe, North America and the developing world
SN  - 1857283473
U1  - 301 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Urban impact analysis
KW  - Urban policy
N1  - 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
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