Understanding Social Impacts

Understanding Social Impacts
Author: Kurt Finsterbusch
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1980-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

'The book clearly fills a void in the field of social impact assessment and should be well received by researchers involved in the field. One particularly strong point of the book is the presentation and review of studies that have not been published previously in readily accessible forms (e.g. agency reports, project reports, etc.). There is a wealth of information in such sources, and Finsterbusch has done us a service by making some of this material available here.' -- Organization Studies, Vol 3 No 4 1982 'The book's main contribution is the enormous amount and variety of data included in each of the chapters.' -- Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Vol 18 No 2 1982 'In this volume, Finsterbusch seek

Living with Risk

Living with Risk
Author: Susan L. Cutter
Publisher: Wiley
Total Pages: 214
Release: 1995-03-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780470249772

Through the use of case studies, the book examines in detail the nature of a variety of technological hazards, including chemical hazards, hazardous waste, and nuclear waste. Cutter argues that technological risks and hazards are products of failures in the political, social and economic systems that govern the use of technology just as much as they are failures in the technological systems themselves.

Managing Public Disputes

Managing Public Disputes
Author: Susan L. Carpenter
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Total Pages: 330
Release: 1988-04-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This book is for decision makers who deal with public disputes. It outlines step by step how to analyze a dispute, determine the best approach for managing it, and set up specific procedures for negotiating and carrying out agreements.

Évaluations environnementales des politiques et projets de développement

Évaluations environnementales des politiques et projets de développement
Author: Institut de la Francophonie pour le développement durable
Publisher: Institut de la Francophonie pour le développement durable
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2019-04-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 2894812876

La gestion durable et efficace des politiques, programmes et projets de développement nécessite une planification environnementale impliquant les notions de révision et d'anticipation. Cette gestion utilise un certain nombre d'instruments, dont quelques-uns s'attachent exclusivement à la planification environnementale. C'est notamment le cas de l'étude d'impact environnemental et social. D'autres sont des outils permettant d'améliorer la planification des politiques, des plans et des programmes d'aménagement du territoire (l'évaluation environnementale stratégique), de réduire l'impact de la conception et de la production des produits (l'écobilan et l'analyse de cycle de vie) ou tout simplement, de gérer les impacts d'une entreprise ou d'une installation existante (l'audit environnemental et le système de management environnemental). L'acquisition et la maîtrise d'utilisation de ces différents outils d'évaluation environnementale passent par le renforcement de l'expertise des acteurs du développement, à divers niveaux d'intervention: décideurs, administrations centrales, services techniques centraux et décentralisés, services municipaux, responsables d'entreprises, bureaux d'études, organisations non gouvernementales, etc. Ce renforcement permettra de tendre le plus rapidement possible vers un état d'indépendance et d'autosuffisance en matière de pratique de l'évaluation environnementale.

Toward a Rational Society

Toward a Rational Society
Author: Juergen Habermas
Publisher: Beacon Press
Total Pages: 146
Release: 1971-08-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780807041772

Knowledge, communication, action – These are the concepts central to all of Habermas's thought. As a philosopher, he is concerned with the rational connections of these concepts. As a sociologist, he is prepared to analyze with care the distortions of human interactions caused by existing social and political institutions. In a series of connected essays, the author assesses the function of the contemporary university, and sharply analyzes contemporary students and their political efforts. He then brilliantly analyzes as a communications model the relationships between research institutes and the political agencies which employ them. The book concludes with a complex discussion of technology and science as an "ideology," dedicated to Herbert Marcuse. Critical parts of Marcuse's thought, Habermas dissects contemporary democratic dialogue and offers an important preliminary sketch of a general theory of social evolution. He analyzes the difference between the technological sphere of control and the practical sphere of communication and interaction as the basic feature of human social life, and explains how and why the predominance of the technological sphere is the distinguishing and alienating characteristic of advanced industrial society. The concepts of depoliticization and the freeing of communication emerge as the crux of today's political situation.

World Disasters Report

World Disasters Report
Author: International Federation Of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies Staff
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1995-04-27
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9789041100382