Browsing Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Subject "effectiveness"
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Demonstrating the benefits of impact assessment for proponents
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)This paper is a call for more studies that explicitly demonstrate the benefits of impact assessment to proponents. While the community of impact assessment practitioners generally believe that impact assessment is beneficial ... -
The effectiveness of state of the environment reporting (SoER) at the local government sphere - a developing country's experience
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)State of the environment reporting (SoER) is a well-established and widely applied environmental management tool in the South African context. Despite a wealth of knowledge about conducting and preparing SoERs, there is a ... -
Framing effectiveness in impact assessment: discourse accommodation in controversial infrastructure development
(Elsevier, 2015)There is ongoing debate about the effectiveness of impact assessment tools, which matters both because of the threat to future practice of the tools which are frequently perceived to be ineffective, and because of the ... -
Sustainability assessment: the state of the art
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)Sustainability assessment is a recent framing of impact assessment that places emphasis on delivering positive net sustainability gains now and into the future. It can be directed to any type of decision-making, can take ... -
Walking the sustainability assessment talk - Progressing the practice of environmental impact assessment (EIA)
(Elsevier, 2012)Internationally there is a growing demand for environmental impact assessment (EIA) to move away from its traditional focus towards delivering more sustainable outcomes. South Africa is an example of a country where the ...