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Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management | 2015

Social Impact Assessment in Europe: A Study of Social Impacts in Three Danish Cases

Sanne Vammen Larsen; Anne Merrild Hansen; Ivar Lyhne; Sara Bjørn Aaen; Eva Ritter; Helle Nielsen

Social impact assessment (SIA) is applied worldwide to assess social impacts of plans and projects. In Europe, directives on environmental assessment (EA) require attention to social impacts, however, there is a need to investigate the implementation in practise. To this end, we study three Danish cases, which are characterised by debates and conflicts on social issues. Analysis of the EA statements shows inclusion of a broad range of social impacts. However, the EAs do not fully match the concerns of the public, and social impacts are not always analysed in depth, mitigation measures are not suggested or are postponed and the geographical distribution of impacts assessed is biased towards including negative local impacts. We discuss the scope and handling of social impacts, and possible implications. Based on this, we conclude with the view that EA might do the job of handling social impacts in Europe, if practise is improved.


Planning Practice and Research | 2016

What Determines the Substantive Influence of Public Participation? An Investigation of Planners’ Views on Conditions for Participatory Practices in Denmark

Ivar Lyhne; Helle Nielsen; Sara Bjørn Aaen

Abstract Conditions that enable successful public participation have received increased attention in research and practice. This paper contributes with an empirical study of the conditions that determine the substantive influence of public participation processes. We explore a list of conditions in a Danish context through a survey of practitioners’ perceptions of practice and through interviews with practitioners. The findings support the growing criticism of the widespread notion that the choice of methods is a fundamental determinant of the success of public participation. The findings lead us to propose a more prominent role of contextual conditions in practice.


Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal | 2018

The use of social media in impact assessment: experiences among national infrastructure developers in Denmark

Sara Bjørn Aaen; Ivar Lyhne; Helle Nielsen

ABSTRACT Social media plays an increasingly prominent role in the interaction between impact assessments and society. Impact assessment is thus becoming part of social networks that are claimed to be able to improve interaction between actors in impact assessment processes. By investigating the use of social media in impact assessment and planning processes of national linear infrastructure development, we explore how social media impinge on participatory practices and how the potential of social media is realized in the current use related to public participation processes. The study focuses on experiences among national developers working in road, rail, electricity, gas, and metro infrastructures in Denmark. The article shows that the current use of social media in public participatory practices is limited to branding and on-way communication and that the increasing use of social media in linear infrastructure planning gives rise to a variety of concerns among developers that are related to especially organizational cultures, perception of the target groups, and prioritization of resources.


Energy Policy | 2016

Beyond public acceptance of energy infrastructure: How citizens make sense and form reactions by enacting networks of entities in infrastructure development

Sara Bjørn Aaen; Søren Kerndrup; Ivar Lyhne


Archive | 2018

SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF BREXIT FOR FOUR LARGER FISHING PORTS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES: An assessment of potential consequences of Brexit for the ports and communities of Skagen, Hirtshals, Hanstholm and Thyborøn.

Søren Qvist Eliasen; Trine Skovgaard Kirkfeldt; Sara Bjørn Aaen; Rikke Becker Jacobsen


Archive | 2018

SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF BREXIT FOR FOUR LARGER FISHING PORTS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES: An assessment of potential consequences of Brexit for the ports and communities of Skagen, Hirtshals, Hanstholm and Thyborøn.En vurdering af potentielle konsekvenser af Brexit for havnen og lokalsamfund i Skagen, Hirtshals, Hanstholm og Thyborøn

Søren Qvist Eliasen; Trine Skovgaard Kirkfeldt; Sara Bjørn Aaen; Rikke Becker Jacobsen


Land Use Policy | 2018

Citizens’ self-mobilization, motivational factors, and the group of most engaged citizens: The case of a radioactive waste repository in Denmark

Ivar Lyhne; Sara Bjørn Aaen; Helle Nielsen; Lone Kørnøv; Sanne Vammen Larsen


European Planning Studies | 2018

Confronting institutional boundaries to public participation: a case of the Danish energy sector

Helle Nielsen; Ivar Lyhne; Sara Bjørn Aaen; Matthew Asa Cashmore


Environmental Science & Policy | 2018

Mega-conflict project and social complexity - Illustrated by the decision-making on locating a radioactive waste repository in Denmark

Lone Kørnøv; Ivar Lyhne; Sanne Vammen Larsen; Sara Bjørn Aaen


Public Understanding of Science | 2017

Contested knowledge and uncertainty: A case study of a nuclear waste deposit

Sanne Vammen Larsen; Lone Kørnøv; Sara Bjørn Aaen; Ivar Lyhne; Helle Nielsen

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