Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal (IAPA)
Editor:
Riki Therivel, United Kingdom
Associate Editors:
Davide Geneletti, University of Trento, Italy and Matthew Cashmore, Aalborg University, Denmark
Book Review Editors:
Luis E Sánchez, University of São Paulo, Brazil and John Fry, University College Dublin, Ireland
Editorial Board:
Matthew Cashmore, Denmark • Robert Costanza, Australia • Philip Fearnside, Brazil • Thomas Fischer, UK • Bent Flyvbjerg, UK • Daniel Franks, Australia • Ainhoa Gonzalez, Ireland • Xu He, China • Elsa Joao, UK • Andrew Jordan, UK • Deanna Kemp, Australia • Louis Meuleman, Belgium • Angus Morrison-Saunders, Australia • Marla Orenstein, Canada • Ortwin Renn, Germany • Francois Retief, South Africa • Frank Vanclay, The Netherlands
The International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) is the leading global network of professionals who create, require, or use impact assessments. Simply defined, impact assessment is the process of identifying the future consequences of a current or proposed action. Often, the process and resulting report require input from people working in a variety of fields, such as health, biodiversity, social sciences, environment, and economics, and from a variety of organizations (e.g., consultancies,government, universities, NGOs, multi-lateral banks, donor agencies). IAIA brings together these professionals from a diversity of fields and organizations to network, share best practices, and learn from each other via IAIA’s online professional community, IAIA Connect (http://iaia.org/ iaia-connect.aspx), and through its annual international conference. Members of IAIA come from 100+ countries and are united in the belief that impact assessment is a practical tool for helping make informed decisions regarding policies, programs, plans and projects without compromising the opportunities of future generations. For more information about IAIA or how to join the international network, visit http://www.iaia.org/. IAIA – Promoting the practice of impact assessment since 1981.