Why is social impact assessment the orphan of the assessment process?

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-9

  Burdge, Rabel J ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Involvement; Public; Social assessment; Social impact assessment

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT;

SIA;

EID: 0036274850     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/147154602781766799     Document Type: Article

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