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Assessing the social impact of development projects : experience in India and other Asian countries /

This book shows how social impact assessment (SIA), which emerged barely five decades ago, as a way to anticipate and manage potentially negative social impacts of building dams, power stations, urban infrastructure, highways, industries, mining and other development projects, is now widely in use a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mathur, Hari Mohan (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer, [2015]
Colección:Advances in Asian human-environmental research.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Framework
  • Social Impact Assessment for Projects that Involve Displacement and Resettlement
  • Social Impacts and Impoverishment Risks in Development Projects: Pre-emptive Planning and Counter-Risk Measures
  • Integrating SIA into Resettlement Planning: An Example from Mineral Mining Projects.- Policy and Practice of SIA in India
  • SIA Policy and Legal Framework in India
  • Building Dams, Ignoring People: The Lower Suktel Irrigation Dam Project
  • The Consequences of Inadequate Assessments: Issues in Re-housing People Displaced by the Mumbai Urban Transport Project
  • SIA: Bringing in the Gender Perspective
  • Assessing the Social Impact of Development Projects on Tribal Communities
  • SIA Experience in Neighboring Countries
  • Social Impact Assessment in China and Beyond
  • Integrating Social Impact Dimensions in Project Planning
  • Examples from Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan
  • Rebuilding Livelihoods: The Income Restoration Strategy for the People Displaced by a Transport Project in Sri Lanka
  • Mitigating Adverse Social Impacts
  • Resettlement Planning: Managing the Displacement Effects of Development Projects.