Description |
1 online resource (333 pages) |
Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; Why Integrated Impact Assessment?; I. DESCRIBING INTEGRATED IMPACT ASSESSMENT; Integrated Impact Assessment: The Impossible Dream?; Integrated Impact Assessment: Conclusions of a Seminar, School of Natural Resources, University of Michigan; II. TREATING CENTRAL COMPONENTS OF INTEGRATED IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; Policy Analysis in Integrated Impact Assessment; Human Values and Impact Assessment; Using Alternative Future Scenarios for Integrating Impact Assessments |
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A Case Study and a Framework for Assessing the Social and Cognitive Effects of Technological Change: A SummaryInstitutional Analysis in the Context of Integrated Impact Assessment and Planning; III. RELATING ASSESSMENTS TO THEIR ENVIRONMENTS; On Mixing Apples and Oranges: The Sociologist Does Impact Assessment with Biologists and Economists; Integrating Environmental Considerations into Infrastructure Planning; Integrated Land and Water Management in High Mountain Watersheds; The Uses of Negotiation and Mediation in Environmental Impact Assessment |
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Fundamental Obstacles to the Use of Scientific Information in Public Policy MakingIV. PRACTICING THE ASSESSMENT CRAFT: SELECTED ENERGY-RELATED ASSESSMENTS; Community Leaders' perceptions of the Impacts of Energy Conservation Measures; Community-Based Technology Assessment: Four Communities Plan Their Energy Future; Socioeconomic Impacts of Western Energy Resource Development: State of the Art and Limitations; Theory and Practice of Integrated Impact Assessment: The Case of the Western Energy Study; Societal Impact Assessment of Nuclear and Alternative Energy Systems |
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v. INSTITUTIONALIZING INTEGRATED IMPACT ASSESSMENTTechnology Assessment in Federal Agencies; Impact Assessment in the Private Sector: The State of the Art; Institutionalization of Integrated Impact Assessment in Poland and Other Eastern European Countries; Author Affiliations; Index |
Summary |
An outgrowth of the recognition that the varieties of impact assessment have much in common and that the common elements are a sound basis for an intellectual framework, this book incorporates contributions from leading practitioners of technology, environmental, and social impact assessment. The authors describe integrated impact assessment |
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Print version record |
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Environmental impact analysis -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Congresses
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Environmental impact analysis -- Social aspects -- United States -- Congresses
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Environmental impact analysis -- Economic aspects
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Environmental impact analysis -- Social aspects
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780429705496 |
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0429705492 |
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