Services: Sustainable Communities

Resolve Global offers general services in the field of Sustainable Communities, with specific expertise in Community Planning and Enhancement as well as Social Impact Assessment.

Engaging with local communities in relation to proposed policy and planning or development activities is fraught with difficulties. Resolve Global provides services to businesses and government that enhance the way they operate and work with local communities.

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Specific services include:

Social Impact Assessment
Communication planning
Community surveys and profiling
Outdoor recreation assessment and planning
Stakeholder consultation and engagement
Socio-economic impact assessment
Social and economic survey design and analysis
Tourism and environmental education
Indigenous community consultation
Capacity building - training and education

The rapid growth of the resources industry near key tourism destinations or near areas of high value conservation value provides challenges for businesses, industries, not-for-profit organisations and government to achieve an appropriate balance between the opportunities created as result of development, such as employment and training while minimising the social and environmental costs than often come with change. In many locations in Australia and south-east Asia, resource, urban and agricultural development often conflicts with community (and indigenous community) aspirations and land management objectives.

Our social impact assessment services involve:

Scoping of projects, including identifying significant issues and determining the scope of issues to be addressed.
Assessment of social impacts, including information and data collection and community profiling
Formulation of alternatives strategies, possible scenarios and approaches to mitigate and improve outcomes
Developing monitoring and evaluation strategies including the preparation of performance indicators to measure the effectiveness of mitigation and enhancement strategies.