Strengthening impact assessment: A call for integration and focus

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2-8

  Morrison Saunders, Angus ^a   Pope, Jenny ^b,c,d   Gunn, Jill A E ^e   Bond, Alan ^b,f   Retief, Francois ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c INTEGRAL SUSTAINABILITY   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

focus; integration; inter disciplinarity; proliferation; scoping; silo based expertise

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84894245776     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2013.872841     Document Type: Article

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