Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Alison Ziller
Contact via alison.ziller@mq.edu.au
W3A428
by appointment
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
39cp
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Social impact assessment (SIA) is an important tool with wide application – to planning, policy development and service delivery. This unit provides a broad overview of SIA in urban and regional environments. it addresses both the processes needed to accomplish a diligent assessment and the resources – academic research and public agency data - available to inform a range of likely scenarios and assist the assessment process. The unit provides students with several ways to facilitate stakeholder participation in and response to proposals that may affect them. It provides a theoretical understanding of the role of SIA in planning practice and, through the use of case studies, an insight into practical difficulties, common mistakes and ethical issues that are frequently encountered.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
You must submit all three assignments to pass this course.
All written assignments must be submitted both electronically via the Turn-it-in system and in hard copy in class on the due date.
Attendance at all classes is critical and the roll will be marked at each session. In the event that you are at a grade boundary in your result in this unit (including the Pass/Fail boundary) good attendance will be taken into consideration in finalising your grade.
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Social Profile | 40% | 5/9/2016 |
Social infrastructure report | 40% | 17/10/2016 |
Presentation and short summary | 20% | 07/11/2016 |
Due: 5/9/2016
Weighting: 40%
Social Profile
This assignment requires the student to prepare a social profile of one of the following population groups in the Greater Sydney Capital City Area:
i people with a disability and their carers
ii Aboriginal adult men and women
iii single parents with one or more children under 15
iv humanitarian arrivals – last 10 years
Due: 17/10/2016
Weighting: 40%
Task: Choosing one local government area in Inner West, Central, West or South West Sydney, this assignment requires the student to research and list the social infrastructure available in that LGA for the population group for which the student prepared a social profile in Assignment 1.
Due: 07/11/2016
Weighting: 20%
Task: Working with a partner, the student is required to prepare a 4 minute presentation with a maximum of 6 PPT slides to convey an important message arising from their work on Assignments 1 and 2. Students may work with someone who researched the same LGA (same or different population groups), or compare and contrast the situation for the same population group in two LGAs.
The aim of the presentation should be to convey one clear message about social infrastructure for the relevant population groups in an area (one or two LGAs).
Each student must also prepare and submit a short statement, 500 words max, setting out the message that accompanies the PPT to which they contributed.
This unit is delivered in weekly lectures with associated class room learning activities.
Detailed information about the schedule of topics will be available to students on the iLearn site for this Unit
Required readings
Textbook: The new social impact assessment handbook, by Alison Ziller is available in the Macquarie bookshop and library.
Atkinson, R. ,2015, Limited Exposure: Social Concealment, Mobility and Engagement with Public Space by the Super-Rich in London, Environment and Planning: A, pp. 1-16.
Baker W, R Bentley, L Lester and A Beer, 2016, Housing affordability and residential mobility as drivers of locational inequality, Applied Geography, 72, July 65-75
Banks, Nick, 2014, Climate Change and social justice: an evidence review, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 18 February, http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/climate-change-and-social-justice-evidence-review
Bradshaw, Ted K, 2008, The Post-Place Community: Contributions to the Debate about the Definition of Community, Community Development, 39:1, 5-16.
Burdge, R J, 2002, Why is social impact assessment the orphan of the assessment process? Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 20(1): 3-9.
Charlesworth Simon J, Paul Gilfillan and Richard Wilkinson, 2004, Living Inferiority, British Medical Bulletin, 69: 49-60, http://bmb.oxfordjournals.org/content/69/1/49.full?sid=87b77ac6-1a05-48dc-a568-6f064143534e
Esteves, Ana Maria, Daniel Franks and Frank Vanclay, 2012, Social Impact Assessment: the state of the art, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 30:1, 34-42
Finsterbusch, K, 1995, In praise of SIA - a personal review of the field of social impact assessment: feasibility, justification, history, methods, issues. Impact Assessment 13(3): 229-252.
Groenhart, Lucy, 2014, Understanding the spatial impacts of direct and indirect government housing expenditure, AHURI Final report no 234, Nov: http://www.ahuri.edu.au/
Holm, Daniel, Lisa Ritchie, Kirsten Snyman and Chris Sunderland, 2013, Social impact management, a review of current practice in Queensland, Australia, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Vol31, No3, 214-219 http://ds.doi.org/10.1080/14615517.2013.782704
Hugh Ellis (2015) The re-creation of social town planning?, Planning Theory & Practice, 16:3, 436-440, DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2015.1059062
Laslett A-M and others, 2015, The hidden harm, Alcohol’s impact on children and families, Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, February: http://www.fare.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/01-ALCOHOLS-IMPACT-ON-CHILDREN-AND-FAMILIES-web.pdf
Leonardsen D, 2007, Planning of Mega Events: Experiences and Lessons, Planning Theory and Practice, 8:1, 11-30
Livingston, Michael, The social gradient of alcohol availability in Victoria, Australia, 2012, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 36, 1, pp 41-47.
McCartney G, Hanlon P, Bond L., 2013, How will the 2014 Commonwealth Games impact on Glasgow’s health, and how will we know? Evaluation,19:24-39.
Miller Peter and Alex Wodak, FactCheck: can you change a violent drinking culture by changing how people drink? The Conversation, 10 Mar 2015: http://theconversation.com/factcheck-can-you-change-a-violent-drinking-culture-by-changing-how-people-drink-38426
Miller, Peter, Alcohol and violence: a complex issue in search of leadership, The Conversation, 14 Jan 2014: https://theconversation.com/alcohol-and-violence-a-complex-issue-in-search-of-leadership-21886 This short summary also contains links to key background reports.
Phibbs P, and P Young, 2005, Housing assistance and non-shelter outcomes, AHURI, Final Report No. 74, February: http://www.ahuri.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/2026/AHURI_Final_Report_No74_Housing_assistance_and_non_shelter_outcomes.pdf
Planning Institute of Australia: Social Impact Assessment Policy Position Statement: http://www.planning.org.au/policy/policy-platform
Pope, J., Bond, A., Morrison-Saunders, A., Retrief F., 2013, Advancing the theory and practice of impact assessment: Setting the research agenda, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 41:1-9.
Randolph Bill and Andrew Tice, 2014, Suburbanizing disadvantage in Australian cities: socio-spatial change in an era of neoliberalism, Journal of Urban Affairs, vol 36, issue s1, May 2014: DOI: 10.1111/juaf.12108; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.simsrad.net.ocs.mq.edu.au/enhanced/doi/10.1111/juaf.12108/
Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, 2012, The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better, London, Penguin.
Vanclay, F and others, 2015, Social Impact Assessment: Guidance for assessing and managing the social impacts of projects, IAIA, April: www.socialimpactassessment.com/documents/IAIA%202015%20Social%20Impact%20Assessment%20guidance%20document.pdf
Walton J, 2016, The ways of the world: Implications of political donations for the integrity of planning systems, The Henry Halloran Trust, Practitioner in Residence Program, Final Report 2015: http://sydney.edu.au/halloran/publications/WALTON_theWaysOfTheWorld.pdf
Walsh D, G McCartney, C Collins, M Taulbut and G D Batty, 2016, History, politics and vulnerability: explaining excess mortality, Glasgow Centre for Population Health, May: http://www.gcph.co.uk/publications/635_history_politics_and_vulnerability_explaining_excess_mortality
Ziller A, B Rosen and S Walsh, 2015, “Alcohol is a planning issue”, Local Government Law Journal 20, 168-183.
Ziller, Alison, 2013, The question of locality: Case study - development application for a bulk discount liquor outlet at East Nowra, NSW, Local Government Law Journal, 18, 196-207.
Ziller Alison, The community is not a place and why it matters, case study Green Square, 2004, Urban Policy and Research, 22,4, 465-479.
Ziller, Alison and Peter Phibbs, 2003, Integrating social impacts into cost-benefit analysis, a participative method: case study: the NSW area assistance scheme, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, vol. 21, no. 2 June, pp. 141-146.
Recommended readings:
Boniface S and Nicola Shelton, 2013, “How is alcohol consumption affected if we account for under-reporting? A hypothetical scenario”, Eur J Public Health, 23 (6): 1076-1081.doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt016: http://eurpub.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/02/25/eurpub.ckt016.full.pdf+html
Charlesworth Simon J, Paul Gilfillan and Richard Wilkinson, 2004, Living Inferiority, British Medical Bulletin, 69: 49-60, http://bmb.oxfordjournals.org/content/69/1/49.full?sid=87b77ac6-1a05-48dc-a568-6f064143534e
Dee, J. (2002) The Western Sydney Orbital Road: impact assessment or project justification?, Urban Policy and Research 20(4): 443-448.
Inner Sydney Regional Social Development Council, 2016, Inner Sydney Voice, winter: http://www.innersydneyvoice.org.au/editorial-winter-2016/ This edition of Inner Sydney Voice, has a series of articles on Public Housing
K2Planning, 2011, “City North Study Area, Community Infrastructure Assessment” Report for City of Melbourne Council, May: http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/sitecollectiondocuments/c208-community-infrastructure-assessment.pdf
Kearns Ade, Elise Whitley, Lyndal Bond, Matt Egan and Carol Tannahill, 2013, The psychosocial pathway to mental well-being at the local level: investigating the effects of perceived relative position in a deprived area context, J Epidemiology and Community Health, 67, 87-94
Leonard R, 2016, Design issues for social infrastructure in established areas: vertical schools case study, Presentation to SGS seminar on delivering social infrastructure in established areas of Melbourne, 9 March: http://www.sgsep.com.au/about/latest-news/sgs-seminar-delivering-social-infrastructure-established-areas-melbourne
Liang W and Chikritzhs T 2011 Revealing the link between licensed outlets and violence: Counting venues versus measuring alcohol availability, Drug and Alcohol Review,30 524-535
Lynch, J, G A Kaplan, et al., 1998, ‘Income Inequality and Mortality in Metropolitan Areas of the United States,’ American Journal of Public Health 88: 1074–80.
Perrine L, 2012, Role of social infrastructure in rural and regional economic development, Presentation to RDSA Regional Infrastructure Summit, SGS Economics and Planning: http://www.sgsep.com.au/assets/20130332-Linda-Perrine-presentation-130719.pdf
Phibbs P, and P Young, 2005, Housing assistance and non-shelter outcomes, AHURI, Final Report No. 74, February: http://www.ahuri.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/2026/AHURI_Final_Report_No74_Housing_assistance_and_non_shelter_outcomes.pdf
Ramesh, Randeep, Hélène Mulholland and Peter Walker, 2012, London looks to export council tenants, The Guardian, 24 April: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/apr/24/london-exporting-council-tenants
SGS Economics and Planning Pty Ltd, n.d., The current and future State of Victoria: a spatial perspective, See especially pp 53-59: https://www.sgsep.com.au/application/files/5214/5551/6226/150331_Final_Report_v4_160212_low_res.pdf
Smith, Katherine E., Gary Fooks, Gary, Jeff Collin, Heide Weishaar, and Anne B Gilmore, 2010, Is the increasing policy use of Impact Assessment in Europe likely to undermine efforts to achieve healthy public policy? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 64,4, 478-487
Walters, P and Rosenblatt, T, 2008, Cooperation or Co-presence? The Comforting Ideal of Community in a Master Planned Estate, Urban Policy and Research, 26,4, 397-413
WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2009 Evidence for the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm, http://www.euro.who.int/en/publications/abstracts/evidence-for-the-effectiveness-and-costeffectiveness-of-interventions-to-reduce-alcohol-related-harm Foreword, pp 65-67 and pp 76-83
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