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This page provides downloads and links for RIAM publications and freeware.

Using The RIAM Beta Software

THESE NOTES ARE PROVIDED TO ALL USERS OF THE RIAM SOFTWARE. PLEASE READ BEFORE USING.
  1. This software is based on Microsoft Excel, and the Excel program must be installed on your computer for the RIAM software to work.
  2. Please make a copy EVERY TIME you use the software and SAVE it under a unique name. This ensures that you always will have the beta version available for use.
  3. This beta RIAM software has 20 rows available for each of the 4-Circles used in a holistic RIAM assessment. If you need more rows these can be inserted, but please insert and copy from the existing rows before you fill in the matrix. There is no guarantee that the spreadsheet will work automatically if this is not done.
  4. As this is a beta version, we welcome all our users experience of the program. Please send any comments or suggestions by email to riam@pastakia.com
  5. In any published work using RIAM please acknowledge the use of RIAM by referencing both of the following papers:
Pastakia, C.M.R. and Jensen, A. “The Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM) for EIA”, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Vol. 18, Issue 5, Sept.1998, pgs 461-482 Pastakia, C.M.R. “The Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM) – A New Tool for Environmental Impact Assessment, in “Environmental Impact Assessment using the Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM)) ed.Kurt Jensen. Olsen & Olsen, Fredensborg, Denmark.1998
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Disclaimer: Neither this site nor any persons connected with them shall be held responsible for any faults of problems connected with the use of the RIAM software.

RIAM Publications

Many RIAM publications are now available on the internet by searching for RIAM or Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix. The following can be downloaded from this site.

“The Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM) – A New Tool For Environmental Impact Assessment” Christopher M. R. Pastakia

(reprinted from “Environmental Impact Assessment using the Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM)) 
ed. Kurt Jensen. Olsen & Olsen, Fredensborg, Denmark. 1998) The first published RIAM paper (.PDF) 

“The Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM) for EIA”, Pastakia, C.M.R. and Jensen, A.

Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Vol. 18, Issue 5, pgs 461-482, Sept.1998.First peer-reviewed paper.

“Initial Environmental Evaluation of Alternative Methods to Conserve Rupa Tal Lake, Nepal” Christopher M. R. Pastakia & Jesper Bay

(reprinted from “Environmental Impact Assessment using the Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM)) 
ed. Kurt Jensen. Olsen & Olsen, Fredensborg, Denmark. 1998)

“A Rapid Assessment Matrix For Use In Water Related Projects”
Christopher M.R. Pastakia and Kristian N. Madsen

Water Quality Institute (VKI), 11 Agern Alle, DK 2970 – Hørsholm, Denmark
Presented to the Stockholm Water Conference, August, 1995. The first publicly presented account of the RIAM method (.PDF)

“Beaufort & Kuala Penyu Strategic Environmental Assessment (B/KP SEA)”
Awang Laiman, Doria Tai, James Liew Tham Hook, Waily Harim, Zarinah Waheed & Christopher Pastakia

Town & Regional Planning Dept., 3rd Floor Block B, Wisma Tun Fuad Stephens, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Draft of report on the use of RIAM in an SEA on two contiguous districts in Sabah, June 2004