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Sustainability assessment : pluralism, practice and progress / .

Contributor(s): Morrison-Saunders, Angus, 1966- [editor] | Howitt, Richard [editor] | Bond, A. J. (Alan James) [editor].
Series: Natural and built environment series: Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2013Description: xx, 276 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780415598484; 9780415598484:; 0415598486; 9780415598491; 0415598494.Subject(s): Sustainability | Sustainable development | Environmental impact analysis | Environmental assessmentDDC classification: 338.927 BON
Contents:
pt. 1. Introduction. Why sustainability assessment? -- The changing theory of impact assessment -- pt. 2. Sustainability assessment : pluralism. Challenges in determining the effectiveness of sustainabiliy assessment -- Contested time horizons -- Contested spatiality : geographical scale in sustainability assessment -- Legal pluralism : notions of standing and legal process constraining assessment -- Pluralism in practice -- pt. 3. Sustainability assessment : practice. Framework for comparing and evaluating sustainability assessment practice -- Sutainability assessment in England -- Learning by doing : sustainability assessment in Western Australia -- Sustainability assessment in Canada -- Sustainability assessment in South Africa -- pt. 4. Solutions? Better engagement -- Better learning -- Designing an effective sustainability assessment process -- Integrating sustainability assessment into planning : benefits and challenges -- Conclusions.
Summary: Sustainability assessment is an increasingly important tool for informing planning and development decisions across the globe. This book provides the knowledge, inspiration and range of assessment tools in decision-making that students require to tackle sustainability assessment challenges.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Introduction. Why sustainability assessment? -- The changing theory of impact assessment -- pt. 2. Sustainability assessment : pluralism. Challenges in determining the effectiveness of sustainabiliy assessment -- Contested time horizons -- Contested spatiality : geographical scale in sustainability assessment -- Legal pluralism : notions of standing and legal process constraining assessment -- Pluralism in practice -- pt. 3. Sustainability assessment : practice. Framework for comparing and evaluating sustainability assessment practice -- Sutainability assessment in England -- Learning by doing : sustainability assessment in Western Australia -- Sustainability assessment in Canada -- Sustainability assessment in South Africa -- pt. 4. Solutions? Better engagement -- Better learning -- Designing an effective sustainability assessment process -- Integrating sustainability assessment into planning : benefits and challenges -- Conclusions.

Sustainability assessment is an increasingly important tool for informing planning and development decisions across the globe. This book provides the knowledge, inspiration and range of assessment tools in decision-making that students require to tackle sustainability assessment challenges.

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