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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Integrating Food Security into Impact Assessment
“Integrating Food Security into Impact Assessment (IA)” is a primer on global food security and the role IA can play in addressing it.

Integrando la Seguridad Alimentaria en la Evaluación de Impactos
“Integrando la Seguridad Alimentaria en la Evaluación de Impactos” es una introducción a la seguridad alimentaria mundial y el papel que puede desempeñar la evaluación de impacto para abordarla.

KEY CITATIONS: Impact Assessment and Tourism
KEY CITATIONS: Impact Assessment and Tourism. A list of readily-available publications for further research on this topic.

IAPA Volume 42, Issue 5 (2024)
Explore IAPA Volume 42 Issue 5, featuring peer-reviewed articles and insights on impact assessment topics. Free access for IAIA members.

IAPA resúmenes de artículos en español (Vol. 42, Núm. 5 – 2024)
Lea los resúmenes del Volumen 42, Número 5, de la IAPA, que incluye artículos y perspectivas sobre evaluación de impacto. Los artículos completos son gratuitos para los miembros de la IAIA.

Psycho-Social Impact Assessment
Presenters: Sergio Moreira, Michael Edelstein, Helen Ross, Jeffrey Jacquet, Catherine Fairbairn, Ruari Carthew, Eden Klein
Facilitator: Will Rifkin
Recorded: 18 November 2024