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Impact assessment: tiering approaches for sustainable development planning and decision-making of a large infrastructure project.
- Source :
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Impact Assessment & Project Appraisal . Nov2019, Vol. 37 Issue 6, p460-470. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The objective of this paper is to analyze a tiering scoping approach developed to identify critical multidimensional sustainability issues and impacts of a large infrastructure project: the land transport project linking northern Brazil with a new port on Guyana's coast. The Inter-American Development Bank awarded a technical assignment to develop the terms of reference of a country environmental assessment, a strategic environmental and social assessment and an environmental and social impact assessment of the project(s). The complexity of the issues at stake lead to the design of a tiered assessment process supported by wide-ranging participative sessions involving 170 individuals from Guyana and Brazil and from diverse sectors. The process identified ex ante conditionalities, critical factors for decision-making and valued socioenvironmental and governance components. Such complex and determinant planning initiatives for the future of a country need to be supported by comprehensive, well-sequenced scoping processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14615517
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Impact Assessment & Project Appraisal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 138667602
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14615517.2019.1578481