ABSTRACT Social impact assessment (SIA) is a field of research and practice that addresses everything associated with managing social issues throughout the project lifecycle (pre-conception to post-closure). SIA has transformed from a regulatory tool to being the process of managing a project’s social issues used by developers, financiers, affected communities and environmental licencing agencies. SIA considers: benefit sharing, boom-and-bust cycles, community development, community engagement, community resilience, cultural heritage, due diligence, empowerment, gender issues, grievance redress mechanisms, human rights, Impacts and Benefits Agreements, Indigenous peoples, in-migration (influx, honeypot), livelihood restoration, local content, local procurement, project induced displacement and resettlement, psycho-social impacts, social closure, social function, Social Impact Management Plans, social inclusion, social investment, social licence to operate, social performance, stakeholder engagement, vulnerable groups, and traditional issues such as identifying social impacts and designing mitigation. SIA has learnt much over 50 years, however complex issues remain including involuntary resettlement, restoring livelihoods, place attachment, sense of place, maintaining intangible cultural heritage, and finding replacement land. Corruption, rent seeking, elite capture, speculation and opportunist behaviour are also problematic.

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关于21世纪社会影响评估的思考

摘要社会影响评估（SIA）是一个研究和实践领域，致力于解决与整个项目生命周期（构思前到完成后）中管理社会问题相关的所有问题。SIA已从监管工具转变为管理开发商，金融家，受影响的社区和环境许可机构使用的项目社会问题的过程。新航考虑：利益共享，繁荣与萧条的周期，社区发展，社区参与，社区弹性，文化遗产，尽职调查，赋权，性别问题，申诉机制，人权，《影响与利益协议》，土著人民，迁移（涌入，蜜罐），生计恢复，本地内容，本地采购，项目引起的流离失所和重新安置，心理社会影响，社会封闭，社会功能，社会影响管理计划，社会包容性，社会投资，社会经营许可证，社会绩效，利益相关者参与，弱势群体以及传统问题，例如识别社会影响和设计缓解措施。SIA已经学习了50多年，但是仍然存在着复杂的问题，包括非自愿安置，恢复生计，场所依恋，场所感，维护非物质文化遗产以及寻找替代土地。腐败，寻租，精英捕获，投机和机会主义行为也存在问题。SIA已经学习了50多年，但是仍然存在着复杂的问题，包括非自愿安置，恢复生计，场所依恋，场所感，维护非物质文化遗产以及寻找替代土地。腐败，寻租，精英捕获，投机和机会主义行为也存在问题。SIA已经学习了50多年，但是仍然存在着复杂的问题，包括非自愿安置，恢复生计，场所依恋，场所感，维护非物质文化遗产以及寻找替代土地。腐败，寻租，精英捕获，投机和机会主义行为也存在问题。