impact assessment
Consequence evaluation study
Impact assessment is a systematic evaluation of potential effects before a decision is made.
Environmental impact assessments analyze how proposed projects might affect ecosystems.
Similar assessments examine social, economic, or health consequences: The city required an impact assessment before approving the development.
The goal is informed decision-making—identifying risks and benefits in advance.
Collective of connected people
- stakeholdersThose with investment in outcome
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- inclusionBeing made part
- diversityState of varied elements
welfare · demographics · cultural heritage · human rights · education · healthcare · accessibility · empowerment
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
habitat · climate change · deforestation · emissions · carbon footprint · renewable energy · greenhouse gases · endangered species
Source of potential harm
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- severityIntensity of sternness
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- mitigationReduction of severity
prevention · threat · exposure · resilience · contingency · likelihood · uncertainty · forecasting
Comparing expenditure to return
- fiscalOf public revenue
- GDPNational output abbreviation
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- tradeExchange of commodities
growth · taxation · budgetary · productivity · unemployment · inflation · deflation · recession
community
Collective of connected people
- stakeholdersThose with investment in outcome
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- inclusionBeing made part
diversity · welfare · demographics · cultural heritage · human rights · education · healthcare · accessibility · empowerment · participation
ecosystem
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
sustainability · habitat · climate change · deforestation · emissions · carbon footprint · renewable energy · greenhouse gases · endangered species · air quality
hazard
Source of potential harm
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- severityIntensity of sternness
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
mitigation · prevention · threat · exposure · resilience · contingency · likelihood · uncertainty · forecasting · scenario
cost-benefit
Comparing expenditure to return
- fiscalOf public revenue
- GDPNational output abbreviation
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
trade · growth · taxation · budgetary · productivity · unemployment · inflation · deflation · recession · subsidy
impact assessmentimplementation
Putting plans into effect
execution · action · intervention · doing · deployment
impact assessmentshooting from the hip
Acting without deliberation
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