Draft:Psycho-social impact assessment

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Psycho-social impact assessment (PSIA) systematically documents effects on the [[well-being]] of individuals and communities from major environmental changes. Those changes can include instances of [[Pollution|industrial pollution]], displacement caused by [[Urban renewal|urban redevelopment]] or [[climate change]], [[War|armed conflict]], or [[Flood|flooding]] and [[Wildfire|wildfires]]. These events could be caused by [[Human impact on the environment|human activity]] or by [[Climate variability and change|nature]]. The effects that result can be intended or unintended, sometimes positive but often negative. They can include shifts in the daily thoughts and feelings of those affected as well as changes in their overall lives and [[Emotional well-being|emotional wellbeing]]. These effects are experienced by individuals, but they can also result in cascading effects in families, communities and societies. Hence, the impacts are both psychological and social, or psycho-social. They are typically not required to be addressed in [[environmental impact assessment]], even though they are often a consequence of significant environmental change.

'''Psycho-social impact assessment''' (PSIA) systematically documents effects on the [[well-being]] of individuals and communities from major environmental changes. Those changes can include instances of [[Pollution|industrial pollution]], displacement caused by [[Urban renewal|urban redevelopment]] or [[climate change]], [[War|armed conflict]], or [[Flood|flooding]] and [[Wildfire|wildfires]]. These events could be caused by [[Human impact on the environment|human activity]] or by [[Climate variability and change|nature]]. The effects that result can be intended or unintended, sometimes positive but often negative. They can include shifts in the daily thoughts and feelings of those affected as well as changes in their overall lives and [[Emotional well-being|emotional wellbeing]]. These effects are experienced by individuals, but they can also result in cascading effects in families, communities and societies. Hence, the impacts are both psychological and social, or psycho-social. They are typically not required to be addressed in [[environmental impact assessment]], even though they are often a consequence of significant environmental change.

== Overview ==

== Overview ==