Social Impact Assessment

Informationen zum Autor Henk Becker, Netherlands. Henk Becker University of Utrecht Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung A practical guide to the state-of-the-art techniques in social impact assessment. It takes a comprehensive and systematic approach, and provides a resource for teaching purposes and professional work.

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Henk Becker, Netherlands. Henk Becker University of Utrecht

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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.

Contenu
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;