Introduction: The effectiveness of impact assessment instruments

Cashmore, Matthew, Bond, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3809-5805 and Sadler, Barry (2009) Introduction: The effectiveness of impact assessment instruments. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 27 (2). pp. 91-93. ISSN 1471-5465

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Abstract

The global application of impact assessment instruments to achieve a variety of policy integration goals (e.g. the mainstreaming of environmental, gender or economic efficiency concerns) continues to proliferate. These instruments represent important components of contemporary political governance and hence are an important locus for applied research. This special issue of Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal critically examines 'state-of-the-art' knowledge and understanding of the effectiveness of impact assessment instruments. Six articles explore this subject from a variety of orientations (in terms of theoretical versus empirical emphasis, policy integration concerns, contributors' beliefs and framing etc.). Individually and cumulatively, these articles make a powerful contribution to learning about the 'thorny' issue of effectiveness and its implications for the theory and practice of impact assessment.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	22 Feb 2011 15:40
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2022 05:31
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/24412
DOI:	10.3152/146155109X454285

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