International perspectives on the strengthening of impact assessment through integration and focus

Retief, Francois, Bond, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3809-5805, Gunn, Jill A. E., Pope, Jenny and Morrison-Saunders, Angus (2014) International perspectives on the strengthening of impact assessment through integration and focus. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 32 (1). pp. 27-30. ISSN 1461-5517

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Abstract

This paper consolidates international responses to the argument that there is a need to strengthen impact assessment (IA) through greater integration and focus. It is based on invited reflections by various international authors in the field of IA. The main conclusions are that power and context are important underlying reasons for the diversity of IA types; that in certain instances IA legislation works against achieving integration and focus; and that there is a pressing need to be able to measure and demonstrate added value and effectiveness in practice. The paper concludes by setting a research agenda reflecting the need to better understand why diversity exists in IA, what stakeholders expect from the process and how to improve practice based on greater understanding of what the various types of IA deliver.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	integration,focus,scoping,inter-disciplinarity,silo-based expertise,proliferation
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	04 Jul 2014 12:54
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 06:28
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/49001
DOI:	10.1080/14615517.2014.885638

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