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conceptualising social impacts. Existing lists of social impact variables, such as those of
the Interorganizational Committee for Guidelines and Principles for Social Impact
Assessment, are examined and found to be inadequate and contradictory. A new listing of
some 80-odd indicative social impacts is developed reflecting a change from project-based
thinking to inclusion of the impacts of policies and programs, from thinking only about
negative impacts to including positive benefits, and from thinking about unintended
consequences to including intended consequences. The importance of differentiating
between social impacts and social change processes is highlighted. Many of the variables
typically measured in social impact assessment (SIA) studies are not in themselves
impacts, but rather represent the measurable outcomes of social change processes, which
may or may not cause impacts depending on the situation. Caution is expressed in the use
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Melbourne: CSIRO, 1988.
Burdge R. A community guide to social impact assessment. Middleton: Social Ecology Press, 1994.
Burdge R. A community guide to social impact assessment (rev. edn.). Middleton, Wisconsin: Social
Ecology Press, 1999.
Burdge R, Vanclay F. Social impact assessment. In: Vanclay F, Bronstein DA, editors. Environmental
and social impact assessment. Chichester: Wiley, 1995. pp. 31– 65.
Canon P, Pring G. Strategic lawsuits against public participation. Social Problems 1988;35(5):506– 19.
Cernea MM. Using knowledge from social sciences in development projects. Proj Appraisal
1994;9(2):83– 94.
de Groot RS. Functions of nature: evaluation of nature in environmental planning, management and
decision making. Groningen: Wolters-Noordhoff, 1992a.
de Groot WT. Environmental science theory: concepts and methods in a one-world problem-oriented
paradigm. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1992b.
DGIS. Gender Assessment Study; a guide for policy staff. The Hague: Special Programme on Women
and Development, Directorate General for International Co-Operation, Netherlands Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, 1994.
Feldstein H, Jiggins J, editors. Tools for the field: gender analysis in farming systems research and
extension West Hartford: Kumarian Press, 1994.
Gianotten V, Gorverman V, van Walsum E, Zuidberg L. Assessing the gender impact of development
projects: case studies from Bolivia, Burkino Faso and India. London: Intermediate Technology
Publications, 1994.
Goodland R. Social and environmental assessment to promote sustainability: an informal view from the
World Bank. Environment Department Papers No 74. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2000.
Gramling R, Freudenburg WR. Opportunity-threat, development, and adaption: toward a comprehensive
framework for social impact assessment. Rural Sociol 1992;57(2):216– 34.
Guijt I, Shah M, editors. The myth of community: gender issues in participatory development.
London: Intermediate Technology Publications, 1998.
Interorganizational Committee on Guidelines and Principles for Social Impact Assessment. Guidelines
and principles for social impact assessment. Impact Assess 1994;12(2):107– 52.
Jusle´n J. Social impact assessment: a look at Finnish experiences. Proj Appraisal 1995;10(3):
163– 70.
Kotlikoff L. Generational accounting: knowing who pays, and when, for what we spend. New York:
Free Press, 1992.
McNeely J, et al. Conserving the world’s biological diversity. Gland: IUCN—The World Conservation
Union, 1990.
NEDA. Gender and environment; a delicate balance between profit and loss. Working paper 1.
Women and Environment. The Hague: NEDA, 1997.
Norton B. Commodity, amenity, and morality: the limits of quantification in valuing biodiversity. In:
Wilson EO, editor. Biodiversity. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1988. pp. 200– 205.
Peiris K. Weaving a future together: women and participatory development. Utrecht: International
Books, 1997.
Slootweg R, Vanclay F, van Schooten M. Function evaluation as a framework for the integration of
social and environmental impact assessment. Impact Assess Proj Appraisal 2001;19(1):19– 28.
Taylor CN, Bryan CH, Goodrich CG. Social assessment: theory, process and techniques 2nd ed.
Christchurch: Taylor Baines and Associates, 1995.
Truong T. Sex, money and morality: prostitution and tourism in South-East Asia. London: Zed
Books, 1990.
Vanclay F. Social impact assessment. In: Petts J, editor. Handbook of environmental impact
assessment, vol. 1. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. pp. 301–26.
Vanclay F. Social impact assessment. In: Munn T, editor. Encyclopedia of global environmental
change, vol. 4. Chichester: Wiley, 2002. pp. 387–93.
Brealey TB, Neil CC, Newton PW, editors. Resource communities: settlement and workforce issues.
Melbourne: CSIRO, 1988.
Burdge R. A community guide to social impact assessment. Middleton: Social Ecology Press, 1994.
Burdge R. A community guide to social impact assessment (rev. edn.). Middleton, Wisconsin: Social
Ecology Press, 1999.
Burdge R, Vanclay F. Social impact assessment. In: Vanclay F, Bronstein DA, editors. Environmental
and social impact assessment. Chichester: Wiley, 1995. pp. 31– 65.
Canon P, Pring G. Strategic lawsuits against public participation. Social Problems 1988;35(5):506– 19.
Cernea MM. Using knowledge from social sciences in development projects. Proj Appraisal
1994;9(2):83– 94.
de Groot RS. Functions of nature: evaluation of nature in environmental planning, management and
decision making. Groningen: Wolters-Noordhoff, 1992a.
de Groot WT. Environmental science theory: concepts and methods in a one-world problem-oriented
paradigm. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1992b.
DGIS. Gender Assessment Study; a guide for policy staff. The Hague: Special Programme on Women
and Development, Directorate General for International Co-Operation, Netherlands Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, 1994.
Feldstein H, Jiggins J, editors. Tools for the field: gender analysis in farming systems research and
extension West Hartford: Kumarian Press, 1994.
Gianotten V, Gorverman V, van Walsum E, Zuidberg L. Assessing the gender impact of development
projects: case studies from Bolivia, Burkino Faso and India. London: Intermediate Technology
Publications, 1994.
Goodland R. Social and environmental assessment to promote sustainability: an informal view from the
World Bank. Environment Department Papers No 74. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2000.
Gramling R, Freudenburg WR. Opportunity-threat, development, and adaption: toward a comprehensive
framework for social impact assessment. Rural Sociol 1992;57(2):216– 34.
Guijt I, Shah M, editors. The myth of community: gender issues in participatory development.
London: Intermediate Technology Publications, 1998.
Interorganizational Committee on Guidelines and Principles for Social Impact Assessment. Guidelines
and principles for social impact assessment. Impact Assess 1994;12(2):107– 52.
Jusle´n J. Social impact assessment: a look at Finnish experiences. Proj Appraisal 1995;10(3):
163– 70.
Kotlikoff L. Generational accounting: knowing who pays, and when, for what we spend. New York:
Free Press, 1992.
McNeely J, et al. Conserving the world’s biological diversity. Gland: IUCN—The World Conservation
Union, 1990.
NEDA. Gender and environment; a delicate balance between profit and loss. Working paper 1.
Women and Environment. The Hague: NEDA, 1997.
Norton B. Commodity, amenity, and morality: the limits of quantification in valuing biodiversity. In:
Wilson EO, editor. Biodiversity. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1988. pp. 200– 205.
Peiris K. Weaving a future together: women and participatory development. Utrecht: International
Books, 1997.
Slootweg R, Vanclay F, van Schooten M. Function evaluation as a framework for the integration of
social and environmental impact assessment. Impact Assess Proj Appraisal 2001;19(1):19– 28.
Taylor CN, Bryan CH, Goodrich CG. Social assessment: theory, process and techniques 2nd ed.
Christchurch: Taylor Baines and Associates, 1995.
Truong T. Sex, money and morality: prostitution and tourism in South-East Asia. London: Zed
Books, 1990.
Vanclay F. Social impact assessment. In: Petts J, editor. Handbook of environmental impact
assessment, vol. 1. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. pp. 301–26.
Vanclay F. Social impact assessment. In: Munn T, editor. Encyclopedia of global environmental
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the Interorganizational Committee for Guidelines and Principles for Social Impact
Assessment, are examined and found to be inadequate and contradictory. A new listing of
some 80-odd indicative social impacts is developed reflecting a change from project-based
thinking to inclusion of the impacts of policies and programs, from thinking only about
negative impacts to including positive benefits, and from thinking about unintended
consequences to including intended consequences. The importance of differentiating
between social impacts and social change processes is highlighted. Many of the variables
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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Conceptualising social impacts</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Vanclay, Frank</span> (2002) <xhtml:em>Conceptualising social impacts.</xhtml:em> Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 22 (3). pp. 183-211. ISSN 0195-9255</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2502/1/0203_Vanclay_EIAR_V22N3_conceptualising_social_impacts.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2502/1/0203_Vanclay_EIAR_V22N3_conceptualising_social_impacts.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />438Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input accept-charset="utf-8" value="3290" name="docid" type="hidden" /><div class=""><input value="Request a copy" name="_action_null" class="ep_form_action_button" onclick="return EPJS_button_pushed( '_action_null' )" type="submit" /> </div></form></td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0195-9255(01)00105-6">http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0195-9255(01)00105-6</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">The conceptual framework based on environmental function evaluation of Slootweg
et al. [Impact Assess. Proj. Appraisal 19 (2001) 19–28.] is used as the basis for
conceptualising social impacts. Existing lists of social impact variables, such as those of
the Interorganizational Committee for Guidelines and Principles for Social Impact
Assessment, are examined and found to be inadequate and contradictory. A new listing of
some 80-odd indicative social impacts is developed reflecting a change from project-based
thinking to inclusion of the impacts of policies and programs, from thinking only about
negative impacts to including positive benefits, and from thinking about unintended
consequences to including intended consequences. The importance of differentiating
between social impacts and social change processes is highlighted. Many of the variables
typically measured in social impact assessment (SIA) studies are not in themselves
impacts, but rather represent the measurable outcomes of social change processes, which
may or may not cause impacts depending on the situation. Caution is expressed in the use
of the list of impacts as a checklist.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Additional Information:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">The definitive version is available at http://www.sciencedirect.com
</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Social impact assessment, SIA; Scoping; Social impact variables; Social indicators</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/300000.html">300000 Agricultural, Veterinary and Environmental Sciences</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/300903.html">300000 Agricultural, Veterinary and Environmental Sciences > 300900 Land, Parks and Agriculture Management > 300903 Sustainable Development</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2502</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Scholarly Publications Librarian</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">21 Nov 2007 14:01</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=2502;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=2502">item control page</a></p>
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