Institutions in many wealthy industrialised countries are robust and their societies appear to
be relatively well insulated against the impacts of climate variability, economic problems …

In late 2002, nations will meet for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, and
review a decade of progress since the UN Conference on Environment and Development …

This paper explains one way in which New Zealand's free-market reforms have adversely
affected its environment. Liberalisation of New Zealand's economy has radically changed …

While “institutional failure” is commonly cited as a core barrier to sustainable resource
management, operational prescriptions or criteria for institutional design are rare. Institutions …

Water is scarce in many regions of the world, clean water is difficult to find in most
developing countries, there are conflicts between irrigation needs and urban demands, and …

Anoteworthy feature of international environmental discourse since the late-1980s has been
the shift toward anticipatory policies. Precaution is the leading policy approach that has …

The relationship between sustainability and disaster management is highlighted and related
common challenges are examined with respect to their attributes of problems. A closer …

Operationalising sustainability has proven difficult because the concept is ambiguous and
fraught with contradictions. In response, sustainability indicator systems to characterise and …

For most people involved in resource and environmental policy and management, public
participation and community involvement equals the quite recent array of programs and …

The precautionary principle (PP) is one of several principles expressed in policy and legal
statements of sustainability (or sustainable development internationally, or ecologically …