Main Title |
Measuring sustainability : learning by doing / |
Author |
Bell, Simon
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Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Earthscan Publications, |
Year Published |
2003 |
OCLC Number |
50715616 |
ISBN |
185383839X (alk. paper) 9781853838392 (alk. paper) 1853838438 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781853838439 (pbk |
Subjects |
Sustainable development ;
Economic development--Environmental aspects ;
Environmental indicators
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJAM |
HC79.E5B435 2003 |
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Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA |
10/19/2005 |
EKBM |
HC79.E5B435 2003 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
05/11/2007 |
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Collation |
xvi, 189 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. {177}-186) and index. |
Contents Notes |
The brave new frontier of sustainability; where are we? -- Introduction -- What is sustainable development? -- Gauging progress -- Multiple perspectives -- Public participation: talk and action -- Sustainability indicators: a brief review -- Introduction -- Indicators of sustainable development -- Integration of sustainable development indicators -- The reference condition -- Using indicators of sustainable development -- Systemic sustainability analysis (ssa) and prospective -- Introduction -- Personal background to the field work -- The importance of the subjective -- Background to camp malta -- Technical specification for ssa -- Familiarising the maltese spsa team -- What are ssa and spsa are how are they different? -- Ssa and blue plan approaches -- Systemic sustainability analysis (ssa) and prospective -- Introduction -- Personal background to the field work -- The importance of the subjective -- Background to camp malta -- Technical specification for ssa -- Familiarising the maltese spsa team -- What are ssa and spsa are how are they different? -- Ssa and blue plan approaches -- Doing spsa - some reflective experience -- Introduction -- Stage 1. find out how things are: reflection -- Stage 2. understand the context for sustainability indicators: reflection/connection -- Stage 3. gathering the stakeholders in the sustainability indicator process: reflection/connection -- Stage 4. get clear on methods: connection -- Stage 5. identify the stakeholder coalition: connection -- Stage 6. identify and agree the main sustainability indicators: connection/modeling -- Stage 7. identify and agree the band of equilibrium: modeling -- Stage 8. develop the amoeba in a collaborative fashion: modeling/doing -- Stage 9. think about how the amoeba extends over time: modeling/doing -- Stage 10. unpack and understand the amoeba: futures modeling/doing -- Stage 11. responding to good and bad amoeba: policy implications. doing -- Stage 12. making changes in the sustainability
indicator mix in the light of practice: doing/reflecting -- New frontiers of practice -- Introduction -- New ways of thinking about sustainability indicators -- Other dimensions to sustainability indicators: a new synthesis (Kolb learning cycle) -- Applying the learning cycle in sustainable development.
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