Some reflections on the conditions for favouring integrated sustainability assessments

O'Riordan, Tim (2008) Some reflections on the conditions for favouring integrated sustainability assessments. International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, 3 (1-2). pp. 153-162. ISSN 1740-8822

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Abstract

Integrated Sustainability Assessment (ISA) should be both transformational and humble. This paper examines the political and institutional conditions that will be required to create an appropriate policy analysis framework that will embrace ISA. This will mean better connections between agencies that deliver and departments that ponder and finance. Such a combination will not be easy as there is much resistance to full-blooded 'sharing'. Also, the participatory and societal learning elements of ISA will require humility on the part of all players. Learning means reflecting and accommodating. These are never easy when established power has to be shared. Try ISA: it is worth it, and monitor the results.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Resources, Sustainability and Governance (former - to 2018)
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	01 Mar 2011 16:19
Last Modified:	20 Jun 2024 11:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/25466
DOI:	10.1504/IJISD.2008.018198

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