The Disasters and Conflict section of the International Association for
Impact Assessment (IAIA) will sponsor paper sessions at the IAIA 05 meeting
in Boston from 31 May to 3 June 2005.
The section is looking for paper proposals for three sessions as described
below. Each presentation should be approximately 20 minutes in length. Full
papers will be published by IAIA and will be posted to a dedicated web page
for public access. In addition, papers may be selected for publication in an
appropriate professional journal.
Papers which present and discuss practical aspect of impact assessment in
disaster, conflict and other types of crisis situations are encouraged.
Further information on the sessions can be acquired by contacting C. Kelly
at [log in to unmask]
Information on IAIA and the Boston conference can be found by going to
www.iaia.org.
Feel free to circulate this announcement.
Regards,
C. Kelly
Extreme Impact Assessment: Dealing with Conflict, Disasters and other
Extreme Events
Crisis, including conflict, disaster and other extreme events, can lead to
significant impacts on social, political and environmental systems.
Understanding the impact of extreme events is critical to avoiding or
limiting negative social and environmental impacts following a crisis.
Normal impact assessments procedures are designed for normal conditions.
Other assessment tools and procedures are needed to assess impact in the
extreme conditions associated with conflict, disasters and similar crises.
Extreme impact assessments need to use limited quantitative data of unknown
reliability, collect participatory input through rapid assessment methods
and provide results in a matter of days or weeks if they are to have any
impact on post crisis recovery.
The Extreme Impact Assessment: Dealing with Conflict, Disasters and other
Extreme Events workshop will provide an opportunity for those engaged in
impact assessment for conflict, disasters and other crisis events to share
and explain the different approaches used in working in extreme conditions.
The workshop will be structured around three sessions. One session will
focus on conflict impact assessment while a second session will cover other
crisis impact assessment methods. The third session will provide an
opportunity to discuss the different impact assessment methods used in
crises and under extreme conditions. Presentations based on the practical
use of impact assessment tools in conflicts, disasters or other crises are
encouraged.
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