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Social Impact Assessment

EBC is the leading social impact assessment consultancy in Australia with over 20 years experience in developing and undertaking social impact assessment in an urban and natural resource management context. The methods and techniques used are tailored to the specific project and generally include extensive community engagement processes and the application of both qualitative and quantitative methods in the identification and prediction of future impacts. Specialised methods for undertaking social impact assessments for major development and land use projects have been developed which allow the identification of context specific mitigation strategies.

Only those reports and publications in social impact assessment undertaken since 2000 are shown below. Many other reports and publications referenced on this web site also include both social and economic impact assessments.

Recent Reports and Publications

The social and economic impacts of implementing NRM actions in the Burdekin Dry Tropics (2005).
Guidebook on social impact assessment (2005).
The development of social impact and community consultation guidelines as operational protocols for the central register of water recovery measures (2005).

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Survey of private native forest industry to asses the economic impact of the code of practice (2005).
A conceptual and applied approach to understanding social impact assessments (2004).
Social impacts of the Kuranda Range Road upgrade in Cairns, North Queensland (2004).
Social impacts of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority proposed Representative Areas Program (2003).
Development of a framework for social impact assessment in the Living Murray with particular reference to the Murray Irrigation Area of NSW (2003).
Summary identification of potential social impacts associated with increasing environmental flows targeting the Murray Mouth and the Lower Murray River (2003).
Social impact assessment: Proposed Middle Ridge to Millmerran high voltage transmission line (2003).
Social impact assessment: Proposed Replacement of the Kareeya to Innisfail high voltage transmission line (2003).
An assessment of the economic and social impact of reserve proposals on areas of high mineral potential (2002).
Implementation plan: Social impact assessment for the Kuranda Range Road concept phase (2002).
Social and economic impacts of fisheries spawning closures on the Great Barrier Reef charter fishing industry (2002).
Strategy development: Social impact assessment for the Kuranda Range Road concept phase (2002).
Summary social impact assessment: Border Rivers (QLD)water resource plan (2002).
Social and economic assessment of the timber industry in the Western Hardwoods region of Queensland (2002).
Social and economic impacts of the proposed water sharing plan for the Kangaroo River Catchment (NSW) (2001).
Social and Economic Impacts of the proposed water sharing plan for Wandella Creek Catchment (NSW) (2001).
Social and Economic Impacts of the proposed water sharing plan for Wandella Creek Catchment (NSW) (2001).
A review of the community consultation process and social impact assessment methodology used in the Bruce Highway (Ayr Home Hill-Brandon) bypass study (2001).
Social impacts of wood supply scenarios: Southern Forests NSW (2000).
Social impacts of wood supply scenarios: Gippsland RFA Region Victoria (2000).
Social impacts of wood supply scenarios: West RFA Region Victoria (2000).
A review of the community consultation process and social impact assessment methodology used in the Southern Cairns integrated land use and transport impact assessment study (2000).
Fenton, D.M., Coakes, S., and Marshall, N. (2003). Vulnerability and capacity measurement. In H.A. Becker and F. Vanclay (Eds.) The International Handbook of Social Impact Assessment: Conceptual and Methodological Advances. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing.