Condorcet's canal study: The beginnings of social impact assessment
- Christopher Prendergast(corresponding author)
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EnglishPages from-to (Number of pages)
Pages 25-37 (13 pages)Journal (Volume, Issue Number)
Impact Assessment (Volume 7, Issue 4)Publication milestones
- Published - 12/1989
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Published - 12/1989
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0734-9165Publication IDs
- Scopus: 84882356776
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*Illinois Wesleyan University. I thank Keith Baker for help with primary soupces, Rabel Burdge and Kurt Finsterbusch for their suggestions, Vanessa Tree for translation assistance, and Jill Thomas for the map that accompanies this paper. The last two services were funded by grants from Illinois Wesleyan University. lKurt Finsterbusch lists six “basic analytical operations” of social impact assessment: narrowing the range of alternatives for dedsionmakers; describing the alternatives as they are likely to be implemented; designing a research strategy for evaluating the alternatives; collecting data on project consequences; analyzing the information collected; and deducing conclusions and recommendations (Finsterbusch, 1981:4-9).