Community-based social impact assessment

The case of salmon-recovery on the lower Snake River

Bibliographic Data

ID21154064
AuthorsCharles C Harris (University of Idaho), Erik A Nielsen (0000-0003-3862-5260, University of Idaho), William J McLaughlin (University of Idaho), Dennis R Becker (0000-0001-7241-4251, US Forest Service)
Year2003
Volume21
Issue2
Pages109-118
Publication date2003-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueImpact Assessment and Project Appraisal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-5517 • E-ISSN: 1471-5465
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3152/147154603781766419
OpenAlexW2001224206
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited9

This paper presents a process for gathering and using data for socio-economic indicators in a community-based impact assessment conducted in 1999 across a three-state area. It assessed community-level impacts of alternative Federal actions to recover salmon runs, ranging from maintaining the existing hydro system to breaching four dams on the lower Snake River. Residents from 27 diverse communities participated in structured, interactive forums that sought to empower them with an understanding of the results of concurrent biological, economic and physical impact studies as the basis for making more informed judgments. This approach raises significant issues for developing and applying socio-economic indicators to a highly controversial effort to sustain endangered species across a large landscape

Civil engineering · Dam removal · Data collection · Economic impact analysis · Endangered species · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Habitat · Social impact assessment · Sociology · Computer Science · Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education · Engineering · Environmental and Social Impact Assessments · Environmental Conservation and Management · Environmental Science · Ecology

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