Includes bibliographical references (p. {177}-186) and index.

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.