Regional Opportunities for Sustainable Development Theory, Methods,
By their adoption of Agenda 21, most of the world's governments have acknowledged the need for sustainable development. This implies that new policies are needed, focusing on economic, social, cultural and ecological goals. At the same time, we also need
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STUDIES IN ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS VOLUME 1
Regional Opportunities for Sustainable Development Theory, Methods and Applications by
H.J. DE GRAAF, C.J.M. MUSTERS and W.J. TER KEURS Environmental Biology, Institute of Evolutionary and Ecological Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Springer-Science+Business Media, B.Y.
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN 978-90-481-5213-1 ISBN 978-94-015-9202-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-015-9202-4
Printed on acid-free paper
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements Introduction and Survey
I
V VI
Sustainable Development: Looking for New Strategies Defining Socio-Environmental Systems for Sustainable Development A Framework for Identifying the Valuable Characteristics of a Socio-Environmental System Measuring the Resource State of a Socio-Environmental System Procedure for Sustainable Development: Decision Making Phases and Information Requirements
Part Two
VII VIII IX X
13 31
53 83 107
In search of Improvements to the Proposed Methods and Procedures
The Analysis of the Research Project 'Integrated Agriculture in the Netherlands' The Analysis of the Research Project 'R~duction in Production in the Dutch Dairy Sector' A Simulation of The Selection of Valuable Characteristics of the Rijnmond Region of the Netherlands A Simulation of the Measurement of the Resource State of a Dune and Bulb-growing Region in the Netherlands
Part Three
1
Theory
Part One II III IV
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129 161 181 199
The Application of the Proposed Procedure within a Decision Making Process
XI
Introduction: Opportunities for Multiple Land-Use in Rural Areas
237
XII
The Exploration of the Potential to Combine Land-use Processes
251
XIII
Exploration of the Potential Regional Benefits of Multiple Land-use
279
Part Four XIV XV
Summary, Perspectives, and References
Summary and Perspectives References
305 329
Acknowledgements In this book we have attempted to develop theoretical concepts and design methods aimed at identifying regional opportunities for sustainable development, and to apply those concepts and methods to real-life decision-making. The support that we received during this study focused on the theoretical aspects, the applications, or the work as a whole. We are grateful to Gart Zweers and Wim Hafkamp for their encouragement and insightful commentary, and Wouter de Groot, Jan Schoonenboom and Wiero Beek for their comments on earlier versions of this book. Our theoretical and methodological elaboration of the idea of 'sustainable development' would not have been possible
