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dc.contributor.authorBond, A.
dc.contributor.authorRetief, F.
dc.contributor.authorCave, B.
dc.contributor.authorFundingsland, M.
dc.contributor.authorDuinker, P.N.
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-12T12:45:09Z
dc.date.available2018-03-12T12:45:09Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationBond, A. et al. 2018. A contribution to the conceptualisation of quality in impact assessment. Environmental impact assessment review, 68:49-58. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2017.10.006]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0195-9255
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/26584
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2017.10.006
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195925517302627
dc.description.abstractQuality is much sought after in, and a basic foundation for, good impact assessment (IA). However, the term is rarely defined, has an uncertain relationship with IA effectiveness, and it means different things to different stakeholders, which can lead to debates over the legitimacy associated with an IA process. Thus, IA quality needs conceptualising to position research and practice within broader understandings. This paper contributes to this conceptualisation by identifying nine dimensions of quality through a process of literature review drawing on three fields of study in which quality and quality management have already been debated and conceptualised: education; health care; and business. This approach sidesteps the plural views on quality existing within the field of IA itself which might otherwise bias the identification of quality dimensions. We therefore propose that the dimensions of IA quality are: Efficiency; Optimacy; Conformance; Legitimacy; Equity; Capacity Maintenance; Transformative Capacity; and Quality Management. A literature review of IA research and practice confirms the relevance of the identified quality dimensions to IA. We identify, to an extent, the relationship between quality and effectiveness. Quality aligns with procedural and transactive effectiveness, partly aligns with normative effectiveness and is distinct from, but helps to deliver, substantive effectivenessen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectImpact assessmenten_US
dc.subjectQualityen_US
dc.subjectEffectivenessen_US
dc.subjectConceptualisationen_US
dc.subjectPluralismen_US
dc.subjectDimensionsen_US
dc.titleA contribution to the conceptualisation of quality in impact assessmenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID23920084 - Bond, Alan James
dc.contributor.researchID12307807 - Retief, Francois Pieter


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