The Concepts, Process and Methods of Social Impact Assessment - Softcover

Burdge, Rabel J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0941042359 ISBN 13: 9780941042352

Publisher: Dog-Eared Publications (Subsidiary:Social Ecology Press), 2004

Synopsis

This book provides the conceptual and theoretical development of SIA by one of the founders and his colleagues of this applied social science field. The 24 chapters are organized around the following topics: · Developing the Concept of Social

Impact Assessment · The Process and Methods of Social

Impact Assessment · Case Studies in Social Impact Assessment · Social Impact Assessment and the

Public Involvement Process · Social Impact Assessment in an

International Context

About this title

About the Author

Rabel J. Burdge is professor of sociology and environmental studies at Western Washington University in Bellingham and professor emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A former President of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA), he is now devoting time to workshops and consultation in the field of SIA and public involvement.

Review

... the book has a historical and documentary quality that ensures...a unique place in the annals of SIA." -- Impact Assessment. 1996 14:4, pp. 453-5

Edition details

• Publisher: Dog-Eared Publications (Subsidiary:Social Ecology Press)
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0941042359
• ISBN 13: 9780941042352
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 320