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Governance for sustainable development: moving from theory to practice
Kemp, Rene; Parto, Saeed; Gibson, Robert B. - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 8 (2005) 1/2, pp. 12-30
innovation is a necessary element. We discuss four key elements of governance for sustainability, which are integrated into the …
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Creative urban regeneration between innovation, identity and sustainability
Sepe, Marichela - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 12 (2009) 2/3/4, pp. 144-159
conditioning creativity in cities and how do they stimulate sustainable urban regeneration and innovation. In the framework of the …
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Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder: a logistic regression analysis of sustainability and locality as competitive vehicles for human settlements
Gulumser, Aliye Ahu; Baycan-Levent, Tuzin; Nijkamp, Peter - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 12 (2009) 1, pp. 95-110
The present paper aims to investigate the role of creative practices for settlements, with a special focus on the 'Associations of the Most Beautiful Villages' in France and Italy. The paper focuses on the critical parameters of a locality related to the attractiveness of villages from the...
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Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder: a logistic regression analysis of sustainability and locality as competitive vehicles for human settlements
Gulumser, Aliye Ahu; Baycan-Levent, Tuzin; Nijkamp, Peter - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 12 (2009) 1, pp. 95-110
The present paper aims to investigate the role of creative practices for settlements, with a special focus on the 'Associations of the Most Beautiful Villages' in France and Italy. The paper focuses on the critical parameters of a locality related to the attractiveness of villages from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005078467
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Involving stakeholders in developing sustainability indicators for farming systems: a Philippine case study
Vilei, Sonja - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 13 (2010) 4, pp. 311-336
Small-scale farmers in the Philippines have an average landholding of 2 ha and often no secure land tenure. Many cultivate unsuitable upland areas, leading to erosion and sometimes dramatic landslides. To evaluate sustainability of different farming systems with the involvement of local...
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Public management and community in rethinking and structuring sustainability: a two-city (USA and Ukraine) comparative analysis
Slava, Svitlana; Condrey, Stephen E. - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 13 (2010) 3, pp. 243-266
Despite a significant pool of sustainable development literature that appeared during the last decade, the term remains unclear. This study involved a theoretical analysis of definitions of sustainable development to identify the weights of different components, to assess what meanings are...
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Evaluation of sustainable development projects: participatory approach
Hartungi, Rusdy - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 13 (2010) 4, pp. 362-373
This paper analyses the strength and constraints of various evaluation methods in sustainable development projects with emphasis on participatory evaluation. An international literature review is used to analyse the application of traditional and participatory approaches. In addition, some of...
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A survey of national sustainable development indicators
Tasaki, Tomohiro; Kameyama, Yasuko; Hashimoto, Seiji; … - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 13 (2010) 4, pp. 337-361
(SD), examine SDIs developed in certain fields and countries, and determine future tasks to improve SDI development. A … measured various SD elements, and the indicators reflected each country's developmental stage and specific concerns. Several … issues in a national SDI system; 4) measuring SD quality (including subjective elements); 5) including ordinary citizens by …
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From *for* to governance for sustainable development in Europe: what is at stake for further research?
Farrell, Katharine N.; Kemp, Rene; Hinterberger, Friedrich - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 8 (2005) 1/2, pp. 127-150
Following conferences in Pignans, Maastricht, Vienna and Cologne and many e-mail exchanges, the participants of the GoSD-research initiative have identified a path for future research that describes not only governance and sustainable development but also how governance can be *for* sustainable...
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Environmental governance in the European Union: strategies and instruments for absolute decoupling
Giljum, Stefan; Hak, Thomas; Hinterberger, Friedrich; … - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 8 (2005) 1/2, pp. 31-46
The EU recently emphasised the need to speed up the pace of reforms to improve the state of the environment both in Europe and internationally. This becomes in particular challenging, as the "Lisbon Strategy" defines the general goal of an annual economic growth rate of 3%. Decoupling of...
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