societal development. However, the terms “sustainable development”, “sustainability” and “sustainable” are sometimes over- and … misused despite wide consensus about the concept’s meaning among sustainability scholars and practitioners. While the concept … allows various sustainability views to co-exist, random conceptualizations which do not respect the fundamental …

decade. A recurring question is whether, and if so how, transitions towards sustainability can be governed. In this paper we … multiplicity, arguing that multiple theories need to be applied simultaneously for dealing with the complex societal sustainability …

and a half. We argue that sustainability is best viewed as a socially instituted process of adaptive change in which … innovation is a necessary element. We discuss four key elements of governance for sustainability, which are integrated into the … towards sustainability. …

sustainability. Based on the application of the framework to a historical transition, the modernisation of Dutch agriculture in the …

A notable aspect of sustainability is its holistic and cross-cutting nature—it cannot be achieved by any single rule …, statute or agency. Instead, sustainability must be institutionalized across the legal system and government as a whole. In … this paper, we propose and examine five mechanisms for institutionalizing sustainability across the federal legal system …