Reflections on Social Impact Assessment in the 21st century
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Social impact assessment (SIA) is a field of research and practice that addresses everything associated with managing social issues throughout the project lifecycle (pre-conception to post-closure) as discussed by the authors.Abstract:
Social impact assessment (SIA) is a field of research and practice that addresses everything associated with managing social issues throughout the project lifecycle (pre-conception to post-closure)...read more
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Top-down reconstruction and the failure to “build back better” resilient communities after disaster: lessons from the 2009 L'Aquila Italy earthquake
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Industry 4.0-based dynamic Social Organizational Life Cycle Assessment to target the social circular economy in manufacturing
Fernando E. García-Muiña,María Sonia Medina-Salgado,Rocío González-Sánchez,Irene Huertas-Valdivia,Anna Maria Ferrari,Davide Settembre-Blundo +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a blended methodological approach was designed to dynamically monitor the social performance of a major manufacturing industry. But the authors pointed out that the digital transition of factories and Industry 4.0 technologies have not yet been fully exploited to correlate production and social metrics, and there is a lack of adequate tools for monitoring social performance in the factory environment.
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Navigating trade-offs between dams and river conservation
Michele Thieme,David Tickner,Günther Grill,J.P. Carvallo,M. Goichot,J. Hartmann,Jonathan V. Higgins,Bernhard Lehner,Mark Mulligan,Christer Nilsson,Klement Tockner,Christiane Zarfl,Jeffrey J. Opperman +12 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a set of tested and proven solutions to navigate trade-offs associated with river conservation and dam development, including avoidance through either formal river protection or through exploration of alternative development options; minimization of impacts through strategic or system-scale planning or re-regulation of downstream flows; restoration of rivers through dam removal; and mitigation of dam impacts through biodiversity offsets that include restoration and protection of FFRs.
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The effectiveness of the social impact assessment (SIA) in energy transition management: Stakeholders' insights from renewable energy projects in Mexico
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze the effectiveness of the social impact assessment (SIA) in Mexico's renewable energy (RE) sector and argue that without a substantial internalization of social dimension in the priorities, policy, and planning of RE, the SIA would be limited to a problem-fixing role, which would constrain the effective management of social impacts.
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Enhancing Indigenous impact assessment: Lessons from Indigenous planning theory
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue for a third space that facilitates coexistence of different forms of IA activity rather than integration of Indigenous endeavours into broader IA types, and demonstrate the potential of Indigenous planning theory to connect international dialogue and case studies on Indigenous impact assessment, and to broaden and deepen IA theory and practice.
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Creating Shared Value
Michael E. Porter,Mark R. Kramer +1 more
TL;DR: In recent years, business increasingly has been viewed as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems, and companies are widely perceived to be prospering at the expense of the broader community as mentioned in this paper.
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Nuevos modelos de negocios en los mercados emergentes
TL;DR: For example, the authors describe a modelos de negocios nuevos, which are transplanted to a new market in order to solve the problem of "mercado del medio".
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International Principles For Social Impact Assessment
TL;DR: The International Principles for Social Impact Assessment (IPSA) as discussed by the authors is a set of principles to guide SIA practice and the consideration of "the social" in environmental impact assessment generally.
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Conceptualising social impacts
TL;DR: The conceptual framework based on environmental function evaluation of Slootweg et al. as discussed by the authors is used as the basis for conceptualizing social impacts. But the importance of differentiating between social impacts and social change processes is highlighted, and 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.
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Social impact assessment: the state of the art
TL;DR: In this paper, the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of social impact assessment (SIA) have been analyzed, and it is argued that the SIA community needs to revisit core concepts, such as culture, community, power, human rights, gender, justice, place, resilience and sustainable livelihoods.