Establishing protected areas constitutes one of the main strategies for the conservation of
marine and coastal ecosystems. Increasing risks associated with environmental change …

Abstract Social Impact Assessments (SIAs) have played an increasingly important role in the
conduct of planned interventions, providing proponents the capacity to assess and manage …

The relationship between the environment and green projects has become an important
issue since the 1970s. This issue is of particular importance for Iran, which seeks to solve …

This paper aims at conceptualising the effectiveness of impact assessment processes
through the development of a literature-based framework of criteria to measure impact …

We consider the adequacy of the legislative and administrative provisions for environmental
and social impact assessment (ESIA) in Uganda. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) …

An increasing focus on integrative approaches is one of the current trends in impact
assessment. There is potential to combine impact assessment with various other forms of …

Social opposition to renewable energy (RE) projects has become a significant issue both for
the deployment of RE technologies and the social justice of this process. However, the …

Social dimension is a fundamental element in the evaluation of initiatives and policies that
are demanded and promoted by public and private organizations as well as society as a …

Many complex social questions are difficult to address adequately with conventional
methods and techniques, due to the complicated dynamics, and hard to quantify social …

This paper considers a range of ethical issues in social impact assessment (SIA) providing a
commentary from a professional practice perspective. Drawing on its companion paper …