Social impact assessment: The state of the art

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-42

  Esteves, Ana Maria ^a   Franks, Daniel ^b   Vanclay, Frank ^c  

^a Community Insights Pty Ltd ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

community development agreements; FPIC; impact and benefit agreements; social impact assessment; social impact management plan; social sustainability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84863746186     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2012.660356     Document Type: Article

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