Sustainability assessments designed for multiple functions: five cases about water resources, nanotechnologies and communities
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Sustainability Assessment: Applications and Opportunities. ed. / Robert B. Gibson. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2016. p. 127-145.
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T1 - Sustainability assessments designed for multiple functions
T2 - five cases about water resources, nanotechnologies and communities
AU - Wiek, Arnim
AU - Kuzdas, Christopher
AU - Foley, Rider
AU - Withycombe Keeler, Lauren
AU - Forrest, Nigel
AU - Kay, Braden
PY - 2016/8/12
Y1 - 2016/8/12
N2 - Sustainability assessments can play several critical roles in initiatives that support real-world problem solving and system transformations towards sustainability (Wiek et al., 2012; Miller et al., 2014). Various approaches to sustainability assessment emphasize different functions and associated procedures (e.g., Devuyst, 1999; Pope, Annandale and Morrison-Saunders, 2004; Gibson, 2006a; Weaver and Rotmans, 2006; Ness et al., 2007). Most often, the products of sustainability assessments act as normative reference points for planning, decision making and actions. They provide guidance on what to address (problem), what to achieve (vision), what the distance to target is and/or what the best course of action (set of interventions) is.
AB - Sustainability assessments can play several critical roles in initiatives that support real-world problem solving and system transformations towards sustainability (Wiek et al., 2012; Miller et al., 2014). Various approaches to sustainability assessment emphasize different functions and associated procedures (e.g., Devuyst, 1999; Pope, Annandale and Morrison-Saunders, 2004; Gibson, 2006a; Weaver and Rotmans, 2006; Ness et al., 2007). Most often, the products of sustainability assessments act as normative reference points for planning, decision making and actions. They provide guidance on what to address (problem), what to achieve (vision), what the distance to target is and/or what the best course of action (set of interventions) is.
KW - Sustainability Science
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85027989673&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4324/9781315754048
DO - 10.4324/9781315754048
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-1-138-80275-9
SN - 978-1-138-80274-2
SP - 127
EP - 145
BT - Sustainability Assessment
A2 - Gibson, Robert B.
PB - Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
CY - London
ER -