Significance of environment in the assessment of sustainable development: The case for south west Victoria

Wallis, Anne; Graymore, Michelle; Richards, Anneke J.

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.11.010

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“…the scope of development changes, remains unassessed. The analysis of references demonstrates that other researches deal exclusively with the standing of development as opposed to any changes thereof (Čiegis et al, 2010;Golusin et al, 2011;Kondyli, 2010;Suna et al, 2015;Hak et al, 2012;Khalili, Duecker, 2013;Ibrahim et al, 2015;Leksin, Porfiryev, 2016;Boggia, Cortina, 2010;Babu, Datta, 2015;Pinter et al, 2012;Wallis et al, 2011;Espinoza et al, 2011;Fernandes, 2013;Zhou et al, 2007;Kevin, 2007;Ferrarini et al, 2001;Rajnoha, Lesníková, 2016;Lapinskienė et al, 2017). Therefore, it is possible to maintain that SES development gets assessed from a one-sided perspective only, i.e.…”

Section: Existing Methods For Assessing the Standing Of Ses Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrated Assessment of the Socioeconomic Systems’ Development

Ginevičius¹,

Gedvilaitė²,

Stasiukynas³

et al. 2018

Economics &Amp; Sociology

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ABSTRACT.A permanent property applicable to every socioeconomic system (SES) is its development. SES development is an integrated process with two sides that can be distinguished, i.e. quantitative and qualitative ones. The quantitative side reflects its static aspect, i.e. the state of the development at a certain point in time. The qualitative side of development reflects its dynamics, i.e. the scope of development changes. In order to make an integrated assessment of the standing of SES development, both these aspects above have to be assessed in a quantitative manner and be further combined into one generalised value. These days, assessment of the standing of SES development is limited to evaluation of the achieved level only, i.e. its quantitative assessment. Due to the fact that all socioeconomic systems are always large and complex systems, they tend to have a multitude of aspects. The indicators that reflect such aspects form a system thereof. It is thus the basis for further multicriteria assessment of the development state. In order to reduce the number of indicators to be assessed simultaneously so that experts could establish the weights thereof in a sufficiently accurate manner, a hierarchically structured system of indicators is developed and presented here. Following this methodology, the level of economic development across Lithuanian regions has been determined. When the scope of development changes was established on that basis, the integrated indicator of the regional development state was calculated following the proposed formula. On the basis of the correlation-regression analysis, it has been determined that the scope of development changes is larger in the regions with lower level of development achieved.

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Section: Existing Methods For Assessing the Standing Of Ses Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrated Assessment of the Socioeconomic Systems’ Development

Ginevičius¹,

Gedvilaitė²,

Stasiukynas³

et al. 2018

Economics &Amp; Sociology

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“…The idea being that by working together, local actors can learn more about sustainability and sustainability reporting from the experts whose sustainability knowledge provides the theoretical basis for the tool. Also, the local actors provide their knowledge of the local system, its community and environment, which is invaluable to making the sustainability reporting locally relevant [43]. Furthermore, the input from local actors makes sure the tool is practical for them to use for informing decision making.…”

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Sustainability Reporting: An Approach to Get the Right Mix of Theory and Practicality for Local Actors

Graymore

2014

Sustainability

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Many local government or regional plans have "a sustainable future for our community" as a goal. However, few local or regional governments have a sustainability reporting tool in place that enables them to understand how far along the pathway to sustainability their community is. There are a range of reasons for this, including current sustainability indicators and indices not matching the needs or capacity of local actors. This paper argues that a collaborative approach to developing sustainability reporting tools, that involves sustainability experts and local actors working together, will be more successful at developing a tool that has a theoretical basis with locally relevant indicators, which is practical for informed decision making. This process will also build the sustainability reporting capacity of local actors. This collaborative approach was tested in South West Victoria, Australia, resulting in a locally relevant, practical and theoretically sound sustainability reporting tool that met the needs of local actors. This outcome shows that a collaborative approach can overcome some of the barriers to sustainability reporting for local actors; however, further testing is required.

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“…This argument essentially relates to the lack of metrics to measure sustainability ideals using a system that enforces competent decision making. According to Wallis et al [15], great efforts have happened at the local, national and international levels to select and evaluate various indicators and implement indices to further progress within sustainable development. Over 800 sustainable indicator activities have been listed within the compendium of sustainable development indicator initiatives [103].…”

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“…Recent literature has separated the sustainability paradigm into three key dimensions: environmental, social and economic, although there are still differences in the use of the term [12][13][14]. Wallis et al [15] argue that since the release of Agenda 21 in 1992 a great deal of effort at the regional, national and global scales has been given to the development of indicators for sustainability [16]. In addition, there are no universal indicators for sustainability that are supported by theory, data collection or policy governance, particularly towards Intelligent Transport.…”

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Sustainability assessment approaches for intelligent transport systems: the state of the art

Kolosz

Grant-Muller

2016

IET Intelligent Transport Systems

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The appraisal of ITS systems has become increasingly important in order to capture their full range of potential impacts. The goal of this paper is therefore to assess the appropriateness of conventional transport appraisal models and tools for this task, particularly in reflecting the environmental and socio-economic impacts of ITS. These include the most common Environmental Systems Analysis tools (ESAT), which incorporate international standards and are of considerable importance in indicating sustainability. A review of how emerging methods relate to the goal of a successful transition to a low carbon future is reported, based on the literature. The appraisal of ITS is inherently uncertain due to the decentralised nature of Information Communication Technology (ICT), therefore a range of methods to capture this aspect are reviewed. The models, weights and methods are analysed concerning their ability to estimate sustainability performance, given the numerous configurations of ubiquitous technology that may comprise ITS services. Weighting methods are important in reflecting perceptions of how sustainability should be assessed. These can be incorporated by identifying, classifying and selecting one or more ESAT's based upon their suitability for a particular application. Finally, recommendations are given on which tools can be integrated to more comprehensively reflect the performance of ITS.

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Significance of environment in the assessment of sustainable development: The case for south west Victoria

Cited by 32 publications

References 56 publications

Integrated Assessment of the Socioeconomic Systems’ Development

Integrated Assessment of the Socioeconomic Systems’ Development

Sustainability Reporting: An Approach to Get the Right Mix of Theory and Practicality for Local Actors

Sustainability assessment approaches for intelligent transport systems: the state of the art

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