Impact assessment — (IA) is a process aimed at structuring and supporting the development of policies. It identifies and assesses the problem at stake and the objectives pursued. It identifies the main options for achieving the objective and analyses their likely… … Wikipedia
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Health Impact Assessment — Für den englischen Begriff Health Impact Assessment (HIA) gibt es im Deutschen unterschiedliche Übersetzungen, darunter: ‚gesundheitliche Folgenabschätzung‘, ‚gesundheitliche Wirkungsbilanz‘ oder ‚gesundheitliche Verträglichkeitsprüfung‘ (GVP).… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Health Impact Assessment — (HIA) is defined as a combination of procedures, methods and tools bywhich a policy, program or project may be judged as to its potential effects on thehealth of a population, and the distribution of those effects within the population.… … Wikipedia
Social impact assessment — (SIA) is a methodology to review the social effects of infrastructure projects and other development interventions.DefinitionSIA first emerged in the 1970s in the U.S, as a way to assess the impacts on society of certain development schemes and… … Wikipedia
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context — The Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context is a United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) convention signed in Espoo, Finland, in 1991 that entered into force in 1997. The Convention sets out the… … Wikipedia
environmental impact assessment — ➔ assessment * * * environmental impact assessment UK US noun [C] ENVIRONMENT ► a study of the possible effects on the environment of a new project: »Protesters want an immediate halt to the construction of the station and a thorough… … Financial and business terms
Four-Step Impact Assessment — The Four Step Impact Assessment is an academic framework initiated and published by the late Jonathan Mann and colleagues at the Francouis Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health. The assessment… … Wikipedia
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment — The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) is a study describing the ongoing climate change in the Arctic and its consequences: rising temperatures, loss of sea ice, unprecedented melting of the Greenland ice sheet, and many impacts on… … Wikipedia
Land Use Evolution and Impact Assessment Model — The Land Use Evolution and Impact Assessment Model (or LEAM) is a computer system developed at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in United States. It is designed to provide a model for the use of land.External links* [http://www.leam … Wikipedia
