Evaluating the use of Social Impact Assessment in the context of agricultural development projects in Iran

Sepaskhah, Ali Reza; Karami, Ezatollah; Zamani, Gholam Hossein; Vanclay, Frank

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2009.03.002

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“…As with many other countries (Ahmadvand et al 2009;Hanna et al 2014;Hansen et al 2016), the EIA process in the Russian Federation does not adequately address social issues. Even though the Russian national requirements have much in common with international standards, they do not ensure that meaningful and useful SIA is undertaken.…”

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Social impact assessment in the Russian Federation: does it meet the key values of democracy and civil society?

Gulakov

Vanclay

2018

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

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Contemporary social impact assessment (SIA) is rooted in the concepts of civil society and democracy. We analyse whether SIA as practiced in the Russian Federation as part of environmental impact assessment (EIA) is consistent with the key values of civil society and democracy. We consider whether the Russian EIA requirements enable preparation of meaningful assessments that effectively contribute to the decision-making processes that affect people's lives. We review the Rsussian EIA legislation and its requirements for SIA and social baseline, and consider the EIA/SIA practice undertaken in response to these requirements. We specifically analyse the Karmen coal mining project in South Yakutia. We compare the EIA documents completed according to national requirements against the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) documents prepared to be consistent with international standards, as defined by the International Finance Corporation Performance Standards. We conclude that the national requirements for SIA in Russia and the way they are implemented do not encourage the development of meaningful SIAs that comply with the key concepts and social values of SIA, civil society and democracy.ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Social impact assessment in the Russian Federation: does it meet the key values of democracy and civil society?

Gulakov

Vanclay

2018

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

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“…Procedural effectiveness could be examined regarding the procedural principles suggested in the policy (Baker and McLelland, 2003). In addition, Ahmadvand et al (2009) proposed that legal regulations could significantly influence the effectiveness of performing an SIA.…”

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Conceptualising the effectiveness of impact assessment processes

Chanchitpricha

Bond

2013

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

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“…Indeed, this is one of the most significant problems plaguing SIA processes in general. Although SIA should be enacted by persons trained in a range of social sciences who have adequate experience and background in SIA (Barrow 2000;Ahmadvand et al 2009), there are many cases in which SIA is conducted by non-specialists. Last but not least, attendance at public participation meetings was found to be insufficient in the EIA reports examined.…”

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A critical analysis of the SIA process in Turkey: current problems and recommendations for improving the practice of SIA

Değirmenci

Evcimen

2013

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

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This article assesses the quality of the Social Impact Assessment (SIA) process in Turkey through an exploration of the legal status and practical dimensions of SIA. We examined a randomly selected sample of SIAs, implemented in 67 development and investment projects between 1993 and 2011, using non-mandatory indicators of quality assessment. We found that, although this period has seen substantial improvements in the legal status of SIA and some improvement in certain dimensions of SIA in practice, much remains to be done in respect to international principles, guidelines and best practices. In practice, SIA is often considered an informational and consultation activity to be fulfilled during the public participation meeting. Moreover, in most cases mechanisms of impact identification/prediction and mitigation/monitoring exist only in theory. On the basis of these findings and assessment of relevant legislation, we offer some recommendations to improve the SIA process in Turkey in hopes that an understanding of the problems plaguing SIA in practice renders these recommendations appropriate to other contexts as well.

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Evaluating the use of Social Impact Assessment in the context of agricultural development projects in Iran

Cited by 39 publications

References 19 publications

Social impact assessment in the Russian Federation: does it meet the key values of democracy and civil society?

Social impact assessment in the Russian Federation: does it meet the key values of democracy and civil society?

Conceptualising the effectiveness of impact assessment processes

A critical analysis of the SIA process in Turkey: current problems and recommendations for improving the practice of SIA

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