A SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY USING SOCIAL INDICATORS AND PLANNING STRATEGIES

摘要

The purpose of this report is to propose a new methodology for performing social impact assessment and management studies that meet these current needs by emphasizing standardized social indicators and social planning techniques. We refer to our approach as the Social Impact and Planning (SIP) method of social impact assessment. A preliminary version of this methodology was described in an earlier paper (Olsen and Merwin, 1976), but it has since been substantially revised. The basic outline of this methodology is essentially complete, although it will be extensively elaborated and refined in the future on the basis of experience gained through field applications.