Social impact assessment: A review and proposed approach: Final report
The objective of the report is to identify the essential components of a comprehensive plan to assess the potential social impacts of the proposed construction and operation of a high level radioactive waste repository by the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations (NNWSI) Project. The tasks taken to achieve this objective are: examination of the literature on Social Impact Assessment (SIA); identification of different conceptual frameworks that have been proposed or used in SIA; examination of specific aspects of the frameworks; assessment of strengths and weaknesses of the frameworks; synthesis of common elements in these frameworks; and examination and evaluation of methods of data collection and analysis. 150 refs., 6 figs., 7 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Science Applications International Corp., Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC08-83NV10270
- OSTI ID:
- 59973
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NV/10270-10; SAIC-86/8003; ON: DE87008013
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Dec 1986
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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