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This is a brief “state of the art” survey of social impactassessment (SIA), including a review of topics and concerns in the field, an appraisal of successes and failures to date, and some suggestions for further improvement.
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Wolf, C.P. (1983). Social Impact Assessment: The State Of the Art. In: Environmental Impact Assessment. NATO ASI Series, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6795-3_21
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