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Sustainability Indicators: Measuring the Immeasurable? 2nd edition [Pehme köide]

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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 234 pages, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, kaal: 470 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 25-Apr-2008
  • Kirjastus: Earthscan Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1844072991
  • ISBN-13: 9781844072996
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 234 pages, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, kaal: 470 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 25-Apr-2008
  • Kirjastus: Earthscan Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1844072991
  • ISBN-13: 9781844072996
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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.

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'The book by Bell and Morse provides much insight and enlightenment to a wide audience that deals, in some way or another, with sustainability. The book challenges the current way of thinking; developing new practical approaches to sustainability that incorporates the views and values of local people is proposed as the science of the future. Academics and practitioners alike will find this book a must-have to the ever growing literature on sustainability.' Alan Brent, International Jourbnal of Sustainable Engineering

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
ix
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
xiii
Foreword xvii
Acknowledgements xxi
Part I The Bad Application of Good Science?
Sustainability and Sustainability Indicators
3(42)
Introduction and objectives
3(3)
Two roots of sustainability
6(4)
The meaning of sustainability
10(4)
Space and time in sustainability
14(3)
System quality
17(3)
Sustainability in practice
20(2)
Indicators of ecosystem health
22(5)
Sustainability indicators and indices
27(14)
Sustainability indicators: A realistic and reasonable approach to measuring sustainability?
41(4)
Sustainability Indicators in Practice
45(30)
Introduction and objectives
45(3)
Maximum sustainable yield
48(7)
Problems with applying maximum sustainable yield
55(5)
Maximum sustainable yield as a sustainability indicator
60(2)
Sustainability indicators in marine ecosytems: The AMOEBA approach
62(7)
Conclusions
69(6)
Indicators, Cities, Institutions and Projects
75(26)
Introduction and objectives
75(3)
Sustainable communities
78(6)
Institutional sustainability
84(8)
Projects, appraisal and sustainability
92(9)
Part II The Application of Grounded and Pragmatic Systemisism
Paradigms and Professionals
101(32)
Introduction and objectives
101(3)
Changes in thinking: From science to systems
104(2)
The demise of narrow scientism
106(4)
Systems approaches to problem-solving
110(4)
A range of systems approaches
114(1)
A problem-solving approach: The soft systems method
115(2)
Problem description: the learning organization approach
117(2)
Appraisal: The participatory rural appraisal approach
119(3)
Project handling: The logframe approach
122(3)
An overview of systemic approaches
125(1)
New definitions and new thinking: Holism, eclecticism, systemisism and future casting
126(5)
Emerging premises for SI development
131(2)
Projects and Sustainability Indicators
133(20)
Introduction and objectives
133(3)
The project scenario for SIs
136(4)
The stakeholder scenario for SIs: Participation and coalition
140(2)
Accommodating multiple views of sustainability
142(5)
Introducing the systemic sustainability analysis idea: The Imagine Approach
147(6)
Imagine: An Example of a Systemic Sustainability Analysis
153(56)
Introduction and objectives
153(4)
The beginning of the proces-understand the context
157(13)
Identify the main SIs and the band of equilibrium
170(11)
The development of AMOEBA and scenario-making
181(6)
Review and meta-scenario-making
187(2)
Publicity, publicizing and marketing the message-influencing policy
189(2)
Conclusion: Renewing the cycle
191(4)
Part III Where Next? Humility and Honesty
Sustainability Indicators: The Rhetoric and the Reality
195(1)
Introduction and objectives
195(2)
Managing expectation in the projectified world order
197(2)
Organic and empowering approaches compared to inorganic and dehumanizing approaches
199(2)
Culture change
201(2)
The essential need for reflective practice
203(1)
Future research priorities
204(1)
Epistemological questions
205(1)
The systemic approach
206(1)
Participatory SIs in social development projects and research
206(1)
Assessment of SIs
206(3)
References 209(14)
Index 223
Simon Bell is Director of the Bayswater Institute in London, a Senior Lecturer at the Open University and co-author with Stephen Morse of Measuring Sustainability (2003) and also co-author of How to Set Up Information Systems (2003). Stephen Morse is Reader in development studies, Department of Geography, University of Reading, UK, and author of Indices and Indicators in Development (2004).