ABSTRACT

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|21 pages

The quest for least-regret strategies

chapter 2|30 pages

The historical context of SIA

chapter 3|34 pages

Methods for the preliminary phase in SIA

chapter 4|32 pages

Methods for the main phase in SIA

chapter 5|24 pages

Types of SIA

chapter 6|33 pages

Major problems of SIA

chapter 8|20 pages

SIA in a number of developing countries

chapter 9|10 pages

Conclusions, discussion and implications