1st Edition

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

    This book is intended for introductory courses in SIA within sociology, social policy, human geography and political science at postgraduate level. Specialist postgraduate and professional courses in policy- orientated social research and in social and general impact assessment.

    Chapter 1 The quest for least-regret strategies; Chapter 2 The historical context of SIA; Chapter 3 Methods for the preliminary phase in SIA; Chapter 4 Methods for the main phase in SIA; Chapter 5 Types of SIA; Chapter 6 Major problems of SIA; Chapter 7 Experiences with SIA in Europe and North America; Chapter 8 SIA in a number of developing countries; Chapter 9 Conclusions, discussion and implications;

    Biography

    Henk Becker, Netherlands. Henk Becker University of Utrecht