impact assessment topics
Social Impact Assessment
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Social Impact Assessment (SIA) is an umbrella concept that connects many specialized areas of impact assessment. While SIA focuses on understanding how development projects affect people and communities, it also overlaps with and draws on related topics. Together, these sub-topics help practitioners take a holistic, people-centered approach—ensuring that projects support well-being, inclusion, and sustainable development. Check out these related topic pages, too:
- Public participation and community engagement
- Health impact assessment
- Indigenous peoples and traditional knowledge
- Cultural heritage and resettlement
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What is Social Impact Assessment?
IAIA members explain what social impact assessment is, why it matters, and how it supports better decision-making. Watch this intro video.
KEY CITATIONS: Public Participation
KEY CITATIONS: Public Participation. A list of readily-available publications for further research on this topic.
Best Practice: Public Participation
“Best Practice: Public Participation” is part of IAIA’s International Best Practice Principles series for impact assessment practitioners.
公衆参加 理想的な取り組みの国際的原則 (Best Practice: Public Participation)
「ベスト プラクティス: 公衆参加」は、IAIA の国際ベスト プラクティス原則シリーズの一部です。”Best Practice: Public Participation” is part of IAIA’s International Best Practice Principles series.
Best Practice: Principles for SIA
“Best Practice: Principles for SIA” is part of IAIA’s International Best Practice Principles series for impact assessment practitioners.
Mejor Práctica: Evaluación del impacto social
“Mejores prácticas: Principios para la SIA” es parte de la serie Principios de mejores prácticas internacionales de la IAIA. “Best Practice: Principles for SIA” is part of IAIA’s International Best Practice Principles series.