Sustainability Appraisal
eBook - PDF

Sustainability Appraisal

A Sourcebook and Reference Guide to International Experience

  1. 852 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Sustainability Appraisal

A Sourcebook and Reference Guide to International Experience

About this book

Sustainability Appraisal is a sourcebook of the state-of-the-art of this rapidly emerging and diversifying area. It draws on a wealth of international experiences and approaches to illustrate the status and scope of Sustainability Appraisal/Assessment (SA) This comprehensive guide highlights how SA can be used to analyse and integrate the key environmental, social and economic pillars of sustainability into decision-making at all levels, from policy to project to investment, by government, business and industry, or international organizations.

Distilling both published and unpublished materials, and with contributions from a range of leading experts, organizations and agencies, this book will be of significant value to professionals everywhere who are in need of a solid, reference guide to what constitutes SA practice and, more importantly, how and when it can be applied.

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Yes, you can access Sustainability Appraisal by Barry Dalal-Clayton,Barry Sadler in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Local & Regional Planning Public Policy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of figures
  7. List of tables
  8. List of boxes
  9. Notes on contributors
  10. Preface
  11. Acknowledgements
  12. List of abbreviations
  13. Part 1 Introduction and approaches to sustainability appraisal
  14. Part 2 Dimensions of sustainability
  15. Part 3 National and international experience to date
  16. Part 4 Sustainability appraisal methodologies and their application
  17. Part 5 Where to from here?
  18. Appendix 1 The millennium development goals and indicators
  19. Appendix 2 Common tools for public participation
  20. Appendix 3 The IUCN sustainability assessment process
  21. Appendix 4 Scenario planning and global scenarios
  22. Appendix 5 Sustainability assessment and poverty reduction strategies
  23. Appendix 6 Changes to deliver an integrated approach for sustainability appraisal
  24. Appendix 7 Assessing climate change
  25. Bibliography
  26. Index