Social Impact Assessment and Cross Cultural Negotiation PDF
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Macquarie University
Added on 2021-09-23
Social Impact Assessment and Cross Cultural Negotiation PDF
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Added on 2021-09-23
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Running head: SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND CROSS CULTURAL NEGOTIATION Social Impact Assessment and Cross Cultural Negotiation Name of student Name of University Author note
1 SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND CROSS CULTURAL NEGOTIATION Table of Contents Introduction......................................................................................................................................2 Conceptual framework design.........................................................................................................2 Case study about social impacts assessment...................................................................................4 Methodological considerations........................................................................................................8 Cultural negotiations managed for the Murray Darling Basin Plan................................................9 Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................11 References......................................................................................................................................13
2 SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND CROSS CULTURAL NEGOTIATION Introduction The report is prepared to discuss about the Social Impact Assessment and Cross Cultural Negotiations managed during the development of Murray Darling Basin Plan in Australia. Among the various topics, the development of this plan is considered in the formal planning systems and thus includes the various impacts created due to social factors and cross cultural negotiations managed to ensure successful plan for the management of Murray Darling Basin. Since the year 2009, the Authority and Government in Australia have taken joint authority and hold responsibilities to conduct 22 commissioned studies and evaluate the social and economic implications emerged from the Murray Darling Basin Plan in Australia (Vanclay et al., 2015). The assessment of social impact will not only help in managing proper cultural negotiations, but will also assist in the management of sustainability, contribute to the proper health and wellbeing of the environment along with management of water, reducing pollution level and contributing to the communities of the Commonwealth Government effectively. The report aims to study the social impacts of the Murray Darling Basin plan and documents the organization that has commissioned the plan and manages the scale and scope of the plan not only to create a positive social impact but also ensure proper management of weather or climatic conditions. It will also discuss about its impact on the irrigated agriculture along with maintaining the salinity or quality of water to facilitate water trade and water pricing reforms based on the rate of returns in agriculture and water salinity too (Raymond et al., 2014).
3 SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND CROSS CULTURAL NEGOTIATION Conceptual framework design The conceptual framework is prepared to ensure that all the important aspects of the Murray Darling basin plan are addressed. This would allow the stakeholders to adapt to changes and make sure to prepare a good basin plan for creating positive social impacts and manage good cultural negotiations as well. This will also help in achieving the objectives that the plan assumed to achieve and thus an optimum balance between the demands for water resources has to be achieved too. According to Vanclay, Baines & Taylor (2013), the Murray Darling Basin plan development enables management of the resources of water, which is one of the major driving factors associated with the economy of the Basin and other social characteristics as well which has been a major factor driving the growth in economy of Australia (Vanclay, Baines & Taylor, 2013). The implementation of Murray Darling Basin Plan also involves maintaining a cleaner and healthier environment through providing environmental benefits and reduces the costs of managing the development plan; furthermore ensure that the plan is aimed at progressing towards sustainable development to acquire environmental benefits. One of the major bodies associated with the Murray Darling basin plan is the implementation of policies and program by the Australian Government for reducing the costs of operations and engaging the agricultural irrigators and local communities to gain additional scopes and opportunities to live a healthy life (McDermott, Mahanty & Schreckenberg, 2013). Objectives The objectives are to manage good quality of soil and water in the area and ensure that the local communities are benefited along with the creation of a positive impact on the environment too. The Murray Darling Basin plan is prepared and managed by the Murray
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