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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778483703321

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

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

338.9/27

Soggetti

Sustainable development

Economic development - Environmental aspects

Environmental indicators

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

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 how to develop measurements that will work in real-life development



contexts. It describes and analyses how to derive validate and apply indicators in the course of an actual development project.