The practice of social impact assessment in a developing country: the case of environmental and social impact assessment of Khulna-Jessore Drainage Rehabilitation Project in Bangladesh

Title: The practice of social impact assessment in a developing country: the case of environmental and social impact assessment of Khulna-Jessore Drainage Rehabilitation Project in Bangladesh
Creator: Momtaz, Salim
Relation: Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Vol. 21, Issue 2, p. 125-132
Relation: http://www.scipol.demon.co.uk/iapa.htm
Publisher: Beech Tree Publishing
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2003
Description: Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is a relatively new phenomenon in Bangladesh resource management. EIA received its legislative mandate in the passage of Environmental Conservation Act, 1995 (ECA '95). While investigation into socio-economic aspects of development has been a part of EIA since its inception, social impact assessment (SIA) never had any recognizable status in development planning. This paper examines a SIA conducted as a part of an EIA. It reveals that despite SIA's global status as a 'poor cousin' of EIA, it has been effectively incorporated into EIA. Community opinions and values collected through social assessment significantly influenced the final outcome of the process.
Subject: environmental impact analysis; quality of life; sanitary engineering; social impact
Identifier: uon:877
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/26453
Identifier: ISSN:1461-5517
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