The diversity of local conditions across regions has led to numerous challenges and
opportunities for the implementation of global sustainability frameworks such as the …

Participatory approaches can be seen as a requirement, but also as a benefit to the overall
paradigm change towards sustainable development and contribute towards the integration …

There is widespread acceptance that current institutions are inadequate to address the
challenges of sustainable development. At the same time, there is an urgent need to build …

Governments have increasingly recognised the need to allow greater participation in urban
responses and motivate local communities and non-governmental organisations to be …

This book draws attention to political aspects of sustainable development goal-setting,
exploring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the global-national nexus during …

Agenda 21 is a globally coordinated action plan to promote sustainability and social
empowerment. Outcome evaluations of Agenda 21 show a failure both to provide results …

The adoption of environmental practices and tools in overall management is an increasing
occurrence in local public organisations. These institutions are shifting their management …

In order to play a key role in the governance of societal change towards sustainability, public
administrations need to transform their own ways of working, that is, their internal …

How to train advanced university students for'Technology Assessment'(TA)? Which type of
social process design is best for learning social and academic skills? A new negotiation …

This study examines young people's involvement in regional sustainability transformation
processes based on a real-world experiment in a community of 5700 inhabitants on the …