Measuring sustainability
Subtitle: learning by doing
By: Simon Bell.
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; Sterling, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Sustainable development.; Economic development -- Environmental aspects.; Environmental indicators.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-186) and index.
Table of contents: title: The brave new frontier of sustainability; where are we?; title: Introduction; title: What is sustainable development?; title: Gauging progress; title: Multiple perspectives; title: Public participation: talk and action; title: Sustainability indicators: a brief review; title: Introduction; title: Indicators of sustainable development; title: Integration of sustainable development indicators; title: The reference condition; title: Using indicators of sustainable development; title: Systemic sustainability analysis (ssa) and prospective; title: Introduction; title: Personal background to the field work; title: The importance of the subjective; title: Background to camp malta; title: Technical specification for ssa; title: Familiarising the maltese spsa team; title: What are ssa and spsa are how are they different?; title: Ssa and blue plan approaches; title: Systemic sustainability analysis (ssa) and prospective; title: Introduction; title: Personal background to the field work; title: The importance of the subjective; title: Background to camp malta; title: Technical specification for ssa; title: Familiarising the maltese spsa team; title: What are ssa and spsa are how are they different?; title: Ssa and blue plan approaches; title: Doing spsa - some reflective experience; title: Introduction; title: Stage 1. find out how things are: reflection; title: Stage 2. understand the context for sustainability indicators: reflection/connection; title: Stage 3. gathering the stakeholders in the sustainability indicator process: reflection/connection; title: Stage 4. get clear on methods: connection; title: Stage 5. identify the stakeholder coalition: connection; title: Stage 6. identify and agree the main sustainability indicators: connection/modeling; title: Stage 7. identify and agree the band of equilibrium: modeling; title: Stage 8. develop the amoeba in a collaborative fashion: modeling/doing; title: Stage 9. think about how the amoeba extends over time: modeling/doing; title: Stage 10. unpack and understand the amoeba: futures modeling/doing; title: Stage 11. responding to good and bad amoeba: policy implications. doing; title: Stage 12. making changes in the sustainability indicator mix in the light of practice: doing/reflecting; title: New frontiers of practice; title: Introduction; title: New ways of thinking about sustainability indicators; title: Other dimensions to sustainability indicators: a new synthesis (Kolb learning cycle); title: Applying the learning cycle in sustainable development.