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 (No. 04): Public Participation
“Best Practice: Public Participation” is part of IAIA’s International Best Practice Principles series for impact assessment practitioners.
Best Practice (No. 02): Principles for SIA
“Best Practice: Principles for SIA” is part of IAIA’s International Best Practice Principles series for impact assessment practitioners.
Translation – Notas Breves 24: Seguridad Alimentaria en la Evaluación de Impactos
Seguridad Alimentaria en la Evaluación de Impactos. FASTIPS: Food Security in Impact Assessment. Get an overview of this topic, plus 10 things to know and do.
Translation – Вынужденное переселение (FASTIPS 15: Involuntary Resettlement)
FASTIPS: Вынужденное переселение. Узнайте 10 вещей, которые нужно знать и делать при управлении проектами. FASTIPS: Involuntary Resettlement. Get 10 things to know and do when managing projects.