Sustainability indicators : measuring the immeasurable?

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Title:

Author:

Bell, Simon, 1957 July 30-

ISBN:

9781844072996

Personal Author:

Bell, Simon, 1957 July 30-

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2008.

Physical Description:

xx, 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

General Note:

Previous ed.: 1999.

Contents:

Sustainability and sustainability indicators -- Sustainability indicators in practice -- Indicators, cities, institutions and projects -- Paradigms and professionals -- Projects and sustainability indicators -- Imagine : an example of a systemic sustainability analysis -- Sustainability indicators : the rhetoric and the reality.

Abstract:

"The first edition of Sustainability Indicators reviewed the development and value of sustainability indicators and discussed the advantage of taking a holistic and qualitative approach rather than focusing on strictly quantitative measures. In the new edition the authors bring the literature up to date and show that the basic requirement for a systemic approach is now well grounded in the evidence."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Environmental indicators.

Sustainable development -- Statistical methods.

Environmental monitoring -- Statistical methods.

Added Author:

Morse, Stephen, 1957-

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The groundbreaking first edition of Sustainability Indicators reviewed the development and value of sustainability indicators and discussed the advantage of taking a holistic and qualitative approach rather than focusing on strictly quantitative measures. In the new edition the authors bring the literature up to date and show that the basic requirement for a systemic approach is now well grounded in the evidence.

They examine the origins and development of Systemic Sustainability Analysis (SSA) as a theoretical approach to sustainability which has been developed in practice in a number of countries on an array of projects since the first edition. They look at how SSA has evolved into the practical approaches of Systemic Prospective Sustainability Analysis (SPSA) and IMAGINE, and, in particular how a wide range of participatory methodologies have been adopted over the years. They also provide an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of projects that undertake work in the general field of sustainable development.