|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910454946203321 |
|
|
Autore |
Bell Simon |
|
|
Titolo |
Measuring Sustainability : Learning by Doing |
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Washington, : Earthscan LLC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
1-136-56133-1 |
9786610476404 |
1-4175-2225-9 |
1-136-56134-X |
600-00-0242-4 |
1-280-47640-0 |
1-84977-196-0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Edizione |
[1st edition] |
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (208 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Sustainable development |
Economic development - Environmental aspects |
Environmental indicators |
Electronic books. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Description based upon print version of record. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-186) and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 1: The Brave New Frontier of Sustainability: Where are We?; Chapter 2: Sustainability Indicators: A Brief Review; Chapter 3: Systemic Sustainability Analysis and Prospective; Chapter 4: Doing SPSA: Some Reflective Experience; Chapter 5: New Frontiers of Practice; Chapter 6: The End of a Journey?; Appendix 1: Systemic and Prospective Sustainability Analysis (SPSA) in Malta; Notes; References; Index; Other titles available from Earthscan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
' Measuring the sustainability of development is crucial to achieving it and is one of the most actively studied issues in the area. To date most studies of measurements or indicators have been largely theoretical. However this book a follow-on to Bell and Morse's highly influential Sustainability Indicators (1999) presents valuable practical advice on |
|
|
|
|