Keskitalo, Carina and Andersson, Elias
(2017).
Why Organization May Be the Primary Limitation to Implementing Sustainability at the Local Level: Examples from Swedish Case Studies.
Resources. 6
, 1-16
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/resources6010013
Abstract
Much of the effort to address environmental issues at the local level has focused on defining principles and aims rather than addressing the operational difficulties of implementation. Drawing upon insights from sustainability scholarship, this study reviews two cases: the development of a Swedish standard for implementing sustainable development at municipality, county council, and regional levels, and attempts by a small rural municipality to establish a process towards implementing the Aalborg Commitments. The research illustrates the specific organizational and managerial complexity of these case study experiences. It concludes that an organizational focus on integration and mainstreaming deserves particular attention to achieve broader sustainability, or related environmental or adaptation goals. The results, in particular, highlight the role that integrated management systems can play for sustainability work at the local level.
Authors/Creators: | Keskitalo, Carina and Andersson, Elias | ||||
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Title: | Why Organization May Be the Primary Limitation to Implementing Sustainability at the Local Level: Examples from Swedish Case Studies | ||||
Series Name/Journal: | Resources | ||||
Year of publishing : | 2017 | ||||
Volume: | 6 | ||||
Page range: | 1-16 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 16 | ||||
Publisher: | MDPI | ||||
ISSN: | 2079-9276 | ||||
Language: | English | ||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||
Version: | Published version | ||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 5 Social Sciences > 506 Political Science > Public Administration Studies (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 5 Social Sciences > 509 Other Social Sciences > Social Sciences Interdisciplinary (Peace and Conflict Research and Studies on Sustainable Society) (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 5 Social Sciences > 506 Political Science > Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies) | ||||
Agrovoc terms: | organization, sustainable forest management | ||||
Keywords: | sustainability, Sweden, local level, public management, integrated management systems, organization | ||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-4552 | ||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-4552 | ||||
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ID Code: | 14733 | ||||
Faculty: | S - Faculty of Forest Sciences | ||||
Department: | (S) > Dept. of Forest Resource Management (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Forest Resource Management | ||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||
Deposited On: | 18 Jan 2018 13:37 | ||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2018 13:37 |
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