Case Studies

Case studies bring social development methods together around a particular place and planning question. Each connects the evidence, survey design, spatial analysis and interpretation needed for that context.

The social risk identification and management collection develops three concept-led cases from island consultation, forest livelihoods and safeguard implementation practice. Public examples, dated figures and interactive maps connect risk identification to management choices and evidence of delivery.

Social risk case	Assessment focus
Social risk across an archipelago	Changing project design, land and sea dependencies, customary relationships and accessible consultation.
Forest access beyond cleared land	Seasonal resource use, the difference between physical footprint and social influence, and verification of continued access.
From safeguard plans to social outcomes	Delivery bottlenecks, meaningful completion criteria and spatial monitoring of unresolved commitments.

Place based studies

Study	Assessment focus
Tanimbar Islands: baseline and migration planning	Combining socioeconomic information, questionnaire design, representative sampling and spatial analysis in a project planning context.
Nepal: district profiles and resettlement evidence	Connecting national statistics and district profiles with project surveys, affected-family registers and livelihood restoration. Includes the Upper Trishuli-1 budget analysis.
Bhutan: demographics, poverty, and spatial risk	Relating census and survey measures to geography and exposure while preserving statistical and spatial uncertainty.

The baseline survey guide explains the underlying evidence and survey methods. Broader discussions of assessment, baseline design, and migration are organized under Thematic Issues.