The governance of sustainable development: Taking stock and looking forwards

Jordan, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7678-1024 (2008) The governance of sustainable development: Taking stock and looking forwards. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 26 (1). pp. 17-33. ISSN 1472-3425

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Abstract

The number of books and papers bearing the terms ‘sustainable development’ and ‘governance’ in their titles has grown exponentially in the last decade or so. The main purpose of this paper is to explore what meanings have been attached to these two essentially contested terms and to assess the extent to which the material on them constitutes an important, coherent, and cumulative body of scholarship. The first half explores the existing literatures on the two terms, and draws out some of the main similarities and differences. Drawing on papers that have been published in this journal over the last decade or so, the second half focuses on the attempts that have been made to build empirical and/or theoretical bridges between the two terms. The concluding section identifies a number of key themes and explores future research needs in what is evidently a vibrant and highly policy-relevant area of environmental social science research.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	25 Feb 2011 12:12
Last Modified:	24 Sep 2024 09:33
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/24869
DOI:	10.1068/cav6

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