Understanding social impacts by using new variables and a causal model diagram in New England fisheries

Bibliographic Data

ID21154151
AuthorsFabienne Lord (University of New Hampshire, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume29
Issue1
Pages59-68
Publication date2011-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueImpact Assessment and Project Appraisal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-5517 • E-ISSN: 1471-5465
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3152/146155111x12913679730476
OpenAlexW2000186284
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited13

This paper reviews the applicability of the Social Impact Assessment (SIA) process within the framework of US national environmental policy used in New England fishery management. Its aim is to develop a new approach to SIA that goes beyond identifying impacts through guidelines, to include an understanding and portrayal of causality and emergent relationships. The emphasis is on creating a new list of variables identifying social impacts and social change processes. These variables are used in a causal chain model to diagrammatically portray impact dynamics over time and scale. This approach intends to fulfill a need for an accurate and timely methodology used in fishery management to identify potential social impacts of management actions, in order to achieve ecological and socioeconomic sustainability

Business · Causal loop diagram · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Fisheries management · Fishery · Fishing · Geography · Sustainability · System dynamics · Coastal and Marine Management · Computer Science · Environmental and Social Impact Assessments · Marine and fisheries research · Ecology

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