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Dear readers,
Welcome to the last issue of 2018. This year brought some important changes to IAPA. Publishing space was increased by 50% to six issues a year. This has led to us being able to provide you with 41 full papers, two letters/viewpoints, four book reviews and six editorials, meaning that this year saw the largest number of contributions published in IAPA ever. Letters were introduced as a platform for sharing opinions and (personal) experiences. Finally, hard copies now always combine two issues. We do hope that you find those changes useful.
In England, along with many other European countries, the hottest summer on record ever was recorded in 2018. Consequences of global climate change are becoming ever more apparent and the need for decarbonisation is urgent. Impact assessment continues to play an important role to play in this context and many of the papers published in IAPA over the years have directly or indirectly dealt with this (e.g. Hands and Hudson Citation2016; Yap Citation2016; Huang et al. Citation2017; see also Fischer Citation2018).
This issue of IAPA includes seven papers. I would like to draw your attention to the first paper in which Zsuzsa Banhalmi-Zakar, Claire Gronow, Lachlan Wilkinson, Bryan Jenkins, Jenny Pope, Geraldine Squires, Kathy Witt, Galina Williams and Jon Womersley (all from institutions in Australia and all from the programme committee of IAIA19) provide some ideas as to what ‘evolution’ and ‘revolution’ may look like’. ‘Rather than offering a definitive way forward now, [… they] invite stakeholders to present their thoughts and suggestions at the IAIA19 Annual Conference in Brisbane, which carries the same theme as the title of [… their] article’. Other contributions focus on the dimensions of fisheries research projects in the Asia-Pacific region, SIA in the Russian Federation, the use of social media in impact assessment, impact assessment and social implications related to wind energy projects, scholar and practitioner views on science in environmental assessment as well as on EIA screening and scoping of extraterrestrial exploration and development projects. These papers are provided by authors from Mexico, Australia, Canada, the UK, the Netherlands and Denmark.
Enjoy reading!
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References
- Fischer TB. 2018. Editorial 2018–3. Impact Assess Project Appraisal. 36(3):207–207.
- Hands S, Hudson MD. 2016. Incorporating climate change mitigation and adaptation into environmental impact assessment: a review of current practice within transport projects in England. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal. 34(4):330–345.
- Huang Y, Fischer TB, Xu H. 2017. The stakeholder analysis of Chinese foreign direct investment SEA: the case of OBOR in Pakistan. Impact Assess Project Appraisal. 35(2):158–171.
- Yap NT. 2016. Unconventional shale gas development: challenges for environmental policy and EA practice. Impact Assess Project Appraisal. 34(2):97–109.