New Directions in Social Impact Assessment: Conceptual and Methodological Advances

Contents: Foreword Bruce Harvey PART I: NEW APPROACHES IN THINKING ABOUT SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 1. Current Issues and Trends in Social Impact Assessment Frank Vanclay and Ana Maria Esteves 2. Understanding the Organizational Context Deanna Kemp 3. Looking Beyond Impact Assessment to Social Sustainability Ilse Aucamp, Stephan Woodborne, Jan Perold, Anita Bron and San-Marie Aucamp 4. Community-based Agreement Making with Land-connected Peoples Simon Nish and Sara Bice 5. Theoretical Foundations Richard Howitt 6. Ethical Issues and Dilemmas James Baines and C. Nicholas Taylor PART II: NEW ISSUES TO CONSIDER (OR OLD ISSUES TO CONSIDER BETTER) 7. Considering Gender in Social Impact Assessment Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Nesar Ahmad 8. Social Impact Assessment and Indigenous Social Development Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh 9. Disasters and Climate Change Alison Cottrell and David King 10. Landuse Change Jacki Schirmer 11. Development-induced Community Resettlement Thayer Scudder 12. Cumulative Social Impacts Daniel Franks, David Brereton and Chris Moran 13. Closure Planning Robin Evans 14. Enhancing the Benefits of Projects through Local Procurement Ana Maria Esteves, Mary-Anne Barclay, David Brereton and Daniel Samson PART III: NEW METHODS AND TECHNIQUES 15. Enhancing Effectiveness through Deliberative Democracy Janette Hartz-Karp and Jenny Pope 16. Environmental Conflict Mediation Rauno Sairinen 17. Conflict-sensitive Impact Assessment Paul Kapelus, Emily Richards and Hope Sherwin 18. The World Bank's Poverty and Social Impact Analysis Anis Dani and Sabine Beddies 19. Utilizing a Sustainable Livelihoods Approach to Inform Social Impact Assessment Practice Sheridan Coakes and Andreas Sadler 20. Human Impact Assessment as a Framework for Integration Tapani Kauppinen 21. A Human Rights-based Approach to Social Impact Assessment Gillian MacNaughton and Paul Hunt Index