Sustainability Indicators: Measuring the Immeasurable?Earthscan, 1999 - 175 pagine This text addresses global interest in ways of measuring sustainability. The authors review the development and value of such sustainability indicators. Set against the late-1990s trends in sustainability indicator development, the authors discuss the advantages of taking an holistic and subjective approach. Building on practices such as the sustainable cities initiative, they describe a systemic approach to sustainability indicator development, and conclude by developing a series of questions for future development. |
Sommario
Sustainability Indicators in Practice | 33 |
Indicators Cities Institutions and Projects | 59 |
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Paradigms and Professionals | 77 |
Projects and Sustainability Indicators | 104 |
A Systemic Approach to Sustainability Analysis | 119 |
Sustainability Indicators the Rhetoric and the Reality | 151 |
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