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PICABUE: a methodological framework for the development of indicators of sustainable development
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SUMMARY Significant interest in the concept of sustainable development exists amongst scientists, planners, policy makers and the public, and considerable effort and expenditure is made or envisaged at local, national and international levels to promote a more sustainable society. Until ‘green accounting’ and similar systems are made available and are implemented, the sustainability indicator will be the most effective tool available for monitoring progress towards a more sustainable society. Sustainability indicators are already available but are characterized by a poor or absent theoretical underpinning. This paper addresses this problem by proposing a methodological framework that can be applied to the construction of indicators of sustainable development. In order to be consistent with widely accepted definitions of sustainable development, considerations relating to the measurement of quality of life and ecological integrity are central to the methodology. The methodological framework has relevance to a variety of spatial scales and to geographically diverse areas (urban or rural, developed or developing countries) so that a suite of sustainability indicators can be produced that is tailored to the needs and resources of the indicator user, but which remains rooted firmly in the fundamental principles of sustainable development.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Mitchell, G., May, A., & McDonald, A.
- Venue
- International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1995-06
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 104-123
- ISSN
- 1350-4509 (ISSN-L)
- 1745-2627
- OpenAlex
- W2039596594
- Cited by
- 324
- References
- 24
- FWCI
- 32.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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