provided a useful overview of many of the limitations
of some SIA practice including: the poor treatment of the economic impacts
and local involvement; too much emphasis on preservation and conservation of traditional ways of life at the expense of appreciating
change that reflects what local people want; an emphasis on local people
being weak and vulnerable which has encouraged the creation of
paternalistic approaches generating dependency; attempts by SIA practitioners
to construct a business case for SIA rarely convince; information
is delivered in a form and language that is often alien to local
communities; and that SIA only represents a point in time and fails to
establish a regime that can consider evolving circumstances.