Handbook of sustainability assessment - Morrison-Saunders, Angus 1966-; Pope, Jenny; Bond, Alan (Cheltenham, UK Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015)
PART I CONCEPTUALISATIONS. -- 1. Introducing the Roots, Evolution and Effectiveness of Sustainability Assessment / Alan Bond, Jenny Pope and Angus Morrison-Saunders. -- 2. A Conceptual Framework for Sustainability Assessment / Jenny Pope, Alan Bond and Angus Morrison-Saunders. -- 3. The Economics of Sustainable Development / Nick Hanley. -- 4. Equity in Sustainability Assessment: A Conceptual Framework / Lydia Lamorgese and Davide Geneletti. -- PART II SCALES OF ASSESSMENT5. Sustainability Considerations in Regional Environmental Assessment / Jill Gunn and Bram Noble. -- 6. Sustainability Assessment at the Policy Level / Camilla Adelle and Sabine Weiland. -- PART III SECTORS OF ASSESSMENT. -- 7. Sustainability Assessment and Energy Future: Opportunities for Brazilian Sugarcane Ethanol Planning / Carla Grigoletto Duarte, Tadeu Fabricio Malheiros, Amarilis Lucia Castelli Figueiredo Gallardo and Luis Enrique Sanchez. -- 8. A Sustainability Assessment Framework for Energy Systems - Building an Appropriate Relationship with Energy / Kryke Gaudreau and Robert Gibson. -- 9. Cities and Sustainability Assessment - Resilience and Sustainability Thinking about the Future of Cities / Maria Partidario and Pedro Pereira. -- PART IV APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT. -- 10. Ecosystem Services and Sustainability Assessment: Theory and Practice / Davide Geneletti, Alan Bond, Duncan Russel, John Turnpenny, William Sheate and Andy Jordan. -- 11. Multicriteria Analysis for Sustainability Assessment: Concepts and Case Studies / Davide Geneletti and Valentina Ferretti. -- 12. Setting and Measuring Objectives in Sustainability Assessment / Samuel Hayes and Thomas Fischer. -- 13. A Systems Approach to Sustainability Assessment William Grace and Jenny Pope. -- 14. An Introduction to Sustainability Science and its Links to Sustainability Assessment / Michelle Audouin, Mike Burns, Alex Weaver, David le Maitre, Patrick O'Farrell, Rudolph du Toit and Jeanne Nel. -- PART V GOVERNANCE AND ENGAGEMENT. -- 15. Public Participation in Sustainability Assessment: Essential Elements, Practical Challenges and Emerging Directions / John Sinlair, Alan Diduck and Morgan Vespa. -- 16. Deliberative Collaborative Governance Approaches to Sustainability Assessment / Janette Hartz-Karp, Jenny Pope and Svetla Petrova. -- 17. Key Learning from Psychology for Sustainability Assessment / Francois Retief, Angus Morrison-Saunders, Jenny Pope and Alan Bond. -- PART VI CONCLUSIONS AND EPILOGUE. -- 18. Conclusion: Reflections on the State of the Art of Sustainability Assessment / Jenny Pope, Alan Bond and Angus Morrison-Saunders. Epilogue / Robert Gibson. Index
Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainable development; Environmental impact analysis