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Measuring Sustainability: Learning From Doing
Contributor(s): Bell, Simon (Author), Morse, Stephen (Author)

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 ISBN: 1853838438     ISBN-13: 9781853838439
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $56.04  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2003
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Annotation: Measuring the sustainability of development is crucial to achieving it and is one of the most actively studied subjects in the field. To date, most studies of measurements or indicators have been largely theoretical. This book presents valuable practical advice on how to develop measurements that will work in real-life development contexts. It describes and analyzes how to derive, validate and apply indicators in the course of an actual development project ??? in this case the Mediterranean Action Plan. The authors explain the trade-offs and constraints involved and how to combine the more open-ended and flexible perspectives of sustainability with the linear process and fixed targets of specific projects, demonstrating the pragmatic and reflexive methodology involved
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BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Development - Sustainable Development
- Political Science | Political Economy
- Business & Economics | Econometrics
Dewey: 338.927
LCCN: 2002153087
Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6.34" W x 9" L (0.78 lbs) 206 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
 
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Measuring the sustainability of development is crucial to achieving it, and is one of the most actively studied issues in the area. To date, most studies of measurements or indicators have been largely theoretical.

However, this book, a follow-on to Bell and Morse's highly influential Sustainability Indicators (1999), presents valuable practical advice on how to develop measurements that will work in real-life development contexts. It describes and analyses how to derive, validate and apply indicators in the course of an actual development project - in this case the Mediterranean Action Plan in Malta.

The authors explain the trade-offs and constraints involved and how it is possible to combine the open-ended and flexible perspectives of sustainability with the more linear processes and fixed targets of specific projects through the use of pragmatic and reflective methodologies.
 
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