Routledge handbook of sustainability indicators / edited by Simon Bell and Stephen Morse.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bell, Simon, 1961- editor.

Morse, Stephen, 1957- editor.

Taylor & Francis.

Series:

Routledge handbooks

Routledge international handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental monitoring--Statistical methods.

Environmental monitoring.

Sustainability.

Environmental Sustainability.

Envronmental Management.

Measuring Sustainability.

Siis.

Sustainability Assessment.

Sustainability Evaluation.

Sustainability Indicators.

Sustainable development.

Environmental indicators.

Sustainable development--Statistical methods.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (598 pages) : 178 illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This handbook provides researchers and students with an overview of the field of sustainability indicators (SIs) as applied in the interdisciplinary field of sustainable development. The editors have sought to include views from the center ground of SI development but also divergentideas which represent some of the diverse, challenging and even edgy observations which are prominent in the wider field of SI thinking. · assess the various ways in which SI data are gathered and the availability (over space and time) and quality issues that surround them · clearly set out the theoretical background and history of SIs, their origins, roots and initial goals· critically review the progress that SIs have made over the last 30 years· expand on the disciplines and modalities employed to develop SIs of various kinds· explore the multiplex world of SIs as expressed in agencies around the world, via examples of SI practice and the lessons that have emerged from them· express the divergence of views which are held about the value of SIs, including differingtheories ontheir efficacy, efficiency and ethics · explore the frontier of contemporary SI thinking, reviewing ante/post and systemic alternativesThe contributions in this handbook:This multidisciplinary and international handbook will be of great interest to researchers, students and practitioners working in sustainability research and practice.

Contents:

chapter 1 Introduction: indicators and post truth / Simon Bell

part Part I Theory and history

chapter 2 Bellagio STAMP: principles for sustainability assessment and measurement / László Pintér

chapter 3 Contributions to the evolving theory and practice of indicators of sustainability / Arthur Lyon Dahl

chapter 4 Substantiating the rough consensus on the concept of sustainable development as a point of departure for indicator development / Walter J. V. Vermeulen

chapter 5 From crises and gurus to science and metrics: Yale's Environmental Performance Index and the rise of data-driven policymaking / Daniel C. Esty

chapter 6 The limits of sustainability and resilience frameworks: lessons from agri-food system research / Sarah Rotz

chapter 7 Lessons from the history of GDP in the effort to create better indicators of prosperity, well-being, and happiness / Robert Costanza

chapter 8 A systems-theoretical perspective on sustainable development and indicators / Paul-Marie Boulanger

part Part II Methods

chapter 9 World views, interests and indicator choices / Joachim H. Spangenberg

chapter 10 Sustainability indicators and certification schemes for the built environment / Catalina Turcu

chapter 11 Measuring water scarcity and water consumption / Jonathan Chenoweth

chapter 12 Participatory approaches for the development and evaluation of sustainability indicators / Simon Bell

chapter 13 Environmental governance indicators and indices in support of policy-making / Dóra Almássy

chapter 14 Environmentally sustainable national income, an indicator / Roefie Hueting and Bart de Boer

chapter 15 Green accounting: balancing environment and economy Peter Bartelmus

chapter 16 Ecological Footprint accounts: principles / Mathis Wackernagel

part Part III Agency experience

chapter 17 Governing by numbers: China, Viet Nam, and Malaysia's adaptation of the Environmental Performance Index / Angel Hsu

chapter 18 The Human Sustainable Development Index / Giangiacomo Bravo

chapter 19 The Environmental Performance Index: does this reflect reality? / Elisabeth Conrad

chapter 20 Sustainability-related indicators developed for governments / L. Reijnders

chapter 21 Sustainable development indicators, Finland: going from large descriptive sets to target-oriented actively used indicators / Ulla Rosenström

chapter 22 The socio-ecological system (SES) approach to sustainable development indicators / Gilberto C. Gallopin

chapter 23 UNEP and the CSD process for sustainable development indicators / Arthur Lyon Dahl

chapter 24 Prospects for standardising sustainable urban development / Simon Joss

chapter 25 Stakeholder-driven initiatives using sustainability indicators / Ana Rita Domingues

chapter 26 How evil is aggregation? Lessons from the dashboard of sustainability

chapter 27 Criteria and indicators to audit the performance of complex, multi- functional forest landscapes / Dwi Amalia Sari

chapter 28 The devil is in the detail! Sustainability assessment of African smallholder farming / Wytze Marinus, Esther Ronner, Gerrie W. J. van de Ven, Fred Kanampiu,

part Part IV Critique of sustainability indicators and indices

chapter 29 Sustainable agricultural intensification and measuring the immeasurable: do we have a choice? / Philip Grabowski

chapter 30 Relevance - a neglected feature of sustainability indicators / Svatava Janoušková

chapter 31 Measurement matters: toward data-driven environmental policy-making / Daniel C. Esty

chapter 32 Meta-evaluation of sustainability indicators: from organizational to national level / Tomás B. Ramos

chapter 33 Ecological Footprint accounts: criticisms and applications / Mathis Wackernagel

part In conclusion

chapter 34 What next? / Simon Bell.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781315561103

OCLC:

1041766933

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.