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Support for the notion that policy should embrace sustainability is widespread but the actual incorporation of the concept into policy is proving to be difficult. To insert the word into a policy document, accompanied by some marg...
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Support for the notion that policy should embrace sustainability is widespread but the actual incorporation of the concept into policy is proving to be difficult. To insert the word into a policy document, accompanied by some marginal changes, is enough to allow policy makers to claim that sustainability has been considered. The novel research reported here has applied sustainability analysis to the case of aviation which is one of the areas of policy where the conflict between environmental and economic objectives is most intense. It was found that sustainable policy options are blocked whilst sustainability is regarded as an add-on to existing policy. The policy stalemate exists because it is neither understood nor accepted that sustainability requires systemic change. The empirical stage of the research comprised 28 stakeholder interviews and identified four categories of action with the potential to break the stalemate in aviation which could be applied also to other areas of policy: long-term strategic planning; facilitation of dialogue between stakeholders; government support for innovation; and educating the public. The study concluded that fundamental change to the process of crafting policy is required if sustainability is to fulfil its potential to reconcile environmental and economic objectives. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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The Tea Party exploded on the US political scene with President Barack Obama's election and scholarly research focuses on its role in national issues. However, Tea Party and property rights advocates, among others, also fiercely o...
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The Tea Party exploded on the US political scene with President Barack Obama's election and scholarly research focuses on its role in national issues. However, Tea Party and property rights advocates, among others, also fiercely oppose sustainability city planning issues, recently having legislation introduced in 26 US states to stop such practices. They perceive planning as directly connected to the United Nation's 1992 document, Agenda 21: the Rio Declaration on Development and Environment. The counter-narrative suggests the UN seeks to restrict individual property rights and American sovereignty. Meanwhile, Agenda 21-related planning is favourably considered and practiced worldwide. Through a mixed-methods approach using quantitative and case-based research, we track the opposition's emergence through the introduction and sometimes adoption of state legislation. We draw conclusions and implications for research and practice using a theoretical framework routed in scholarship from planning, geography, political science, and communications/new media.
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This paper focuses on those policies that facilitate energy and environmental improvements in Sunbelt cities. Such policies ultimately provide a means of achieving the elusive goal of urban sustainability. Cities have common energ...
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This paper focuses on those policies that facilitate energy and environmental improvements in Sunbelt cities. Such policies ultimately provide a means of achieving the elusive goal of urban sustainability. Cities have common energy concerns that impact the urban environment. These concerns are manifested in urban policies and programs designed to achieve results such as reducing energy usage, improving the environment and facilitating interaction. This research deals with policies that impact urban sustainabiluy in general and energy use in particular. Cities that are earnestly pursuing specific policies, such as energy management or sustainable development, often have an array of activities directed toward achieving these goals. The purpose of this paper includes: 1.Providing a descriptive comparison of specific environmental and energy related policies in 25 selected Sunbelt cities based on the observed practices and activities; 2.Identifying attributes for policy indicators across the selected cities that indicate how each city is pursuing or not pursuing goals and policies related to energy and sustainability; and 3.Offering evidence that in many Sunbelt cities, policies are in effect to manage and reduce urban energy use, and providing a functional categorization. To this end, the author has selected a set often policies that indicate the application of sustainable policies at the urban level. The policies fall into a typology of categories that include locally supported energy policy indicators, local policy indicators, participation in membership based organizations and environmental policy indicators. This research explores the typology of policies that have been adopted. This research concludes by ranking each of the selected cities based on their rates of policy adoption The author concludes that there is wide variability in the implementation of policies that foster sustainability in Sunbelt cities. In addition, it was discovered that cities seeking to incorporate policies that lead to sustainability generally consider energy policy to be a critical component of their urban agendas.
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The socio-economic fabric of single-company mining towns needs to be carefully considered by both Government and companies in sustainability policymaking. Policy design and effectiveness in such towns are significantly impacted by...
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The socio-economic fabric of single-company mining towns needs to be carefully considered by both Government and companies in sustainability policymaking. Policy design and effectiveness in such towns are significantly impacted by the city's economic dependence on a single company. This paper explores the perceived effectiveness of government and voluntary private sector mining policies for pursuing sustainability in the historic mining town of Itabira, Brazil over a period of 20 years. Itabira serves as a worthwhile case study because it allows for an in-depth and longitudinal analysis that can reveal valuable lessons to policymakers of different sectors and jurisdictions located elsewhere. Based on extensive face-to-face interviews and literature reviews, study results indicate that changes to the state environmental licensing policies in the 1990s led to significant socio-environmental improvements in the area. The globalization of the mining company also contributed to an increase in the quantity and quality of voluntary industry policies. Recent technological improvements in the beneficiation processes of the mining company promises to extend the life of the mine to 2050. Although there are significant incremental socio-environmental policies and programmes, sustainability remains an elusive vision in Itabira, with no clear objectives or monitoring and accountability mechanisms. The paper concludes by recommending a more formal integrated policymaking framework.
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Boundary spanning - the practice of facilitating knowledge exchange to address complex sustainability challenges - has the potential to align research and policymaking and increase the uptake of research in decision making. But th...
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Boundary spanning - the practice of facilitating knowledge exchange to address complex sustainability challenges - has the potential to align research and policymaking and increase the uptake of research in decision making. But the goals, methods, and outcomes of boundary-spanning activities in the environment sector can be difficult to describe, missing an opportunity to share lessons learned and improve as a community of practice. This paper describes boundary-spanning activities to integrate research about environmental sustainability with federal ocean policy dialogues in the U.S. We describe the process of organizing, facilitating, and learning from a series of meetings in which five interdisciplinary researchers engaged with federal ocean policy audiences. While the longer-term impacts of the activities associated with these meetings are subtle and remain difficult to detect, more immediate outcomes are observable. These include new professional relationships among researchers and policy staff, reported relevance of the research to general policy discourse, and a narrative that frames the opportunity for policymakers to learn from past industrialization on land as they manage an emerging industrial revolution in the ocean. By presenting the process and outcomes of our boundary-spanning activities, we aim to stimulate timely debate within ocean policy, management, and research communities about the importance of multiple benefits provided by healthy and intact ocean ecosystems and how to protect them in the face of the expanding industrialization of the ocean.
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Although the need for new systems of production and consumption is constantly stressed in policy discussions, the sustainable consumption concept has not been largely translated into practice. The efforts of environmental policy m...
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Although the need for new systems of production and consumption is constantly stressed in policy discussions, the sustainable consumption concept has not been largely translated into practice. The efforts of environmental policy makers to pay more attention to the consumption side are still rather meagre, and there is little integration of environmental issues into consumer policy. This paper addresses these problems by providing an overview of consumption-related EU policies and by evaluating strategies of consumer and environmental organisations in this field. It is discussed how sustainable consumption can be better addressed by converging efforts of consumer and environmental organisations.
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Sustainability is an inherently vague concept whose scientific definition and measurement still lack wide acceptance. Fuzzy logic is well suited to handle such a vague, uncertain, and polymorphous concept. In this paper, we develo...
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Sustainability is an inherently vague concept whose scientific definition and measurement still lack wide acceptance. Fuzzy logic is well suited to handle such a vague, uncertain, and polymorphous concept. In this paper, we develop A model called Sustainability Assessment by Buzzy Evaluation 9SAFE), which provides a mechanism for measuring Development sustainability. Ecological (land, water, air, and biodiversity) and human (economical, social, educa- Tional, and political) inputs are treated individually and then combined with the aid of fuzzy logic to provide an Overall measure.
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Achieving sustainable urban development (SUD) remains one of the most important goals for many countries. Numerous nations have made attempts to attain sustainable development (SD) by fixing one or more of the problems facing urba...
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Achieving sustainable urban development (SUD) remains one of the most important goals for many countries. Numerous nations have made attempts to attain sustainable development (SD) by fixing one or more of the problems facing urban development, which has resulted in various approaches to SUD. However, a main issue that could help decision-makers deal effectively with SD needs to be emphasized.
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