A participatory approach to social impact assessment: The interactive community forum

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 367-382

  Becker, Dennis R ^a   Harris, Charles C ^b   McLaughlin, William J ^b   Nielsen, Erik A ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Public involvement; Public judgment; Small group processes; Social impact assessment

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037656371     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-9255(02)00098-7     Document Type: Article

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