Planning for sustainable development: a paradigm shift towards a process-based approach
(2007) In Sustainable Development 15(2). p.83-96- Abstract
- Prevailing approaches of planning and strategy making, which traditionally deal with the states of systems in terms of fixed goals, fail to acknowledge the process nature of sustainable development. Using a system dynamics approach and relying on the concept of viability loops, the paper aims to illustrate a practical implementation of sustainable development with an urban water system as an example. It argues that planning for sustainable development should be 'process-based' - rather than 'fixed-goal'-oriented. Unlike the traditional approaches of strategy making to set fixed goals related to either supply-side and/or demand-side management, it is argued that triggering a social learning process with full involvement of all stakeholders... (More)
- Prevailing approaches of planning and strategy making, which traditionally deal with the states of systems in terms of fixed goals, fail to acknowledge the process nature of sustainable development. Using a system dynamics approach and relying on the concept of viability loops, the paper aims to illustrate a practical implementation of sustainable development with an urban water system as an example. It argues that planning for sustainable development should be 'process-based' - rather than 'fixed-goal'-oriented. Unlike the traditional approaches of strategy making to set fixed goals related to either supply-side and/or demand-side management, it is argued that triggering a social learning process with full involvement of all stakeholders and planners in the process would be the most suitable strategy for sustainable development. To this end, backcasting is recommended as a suitable tool and the process of model building is regarded as a means of learning rather than forecasting. Copyright (c) 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment. (Less)
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- Bagheri, Ali LU and Hjorth, Peder LU
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- 2007
- type
- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- Tehran, Iran, urban water, backcasting, forecasting, process, sustainable development, social learning
- in
- Sustainable Development
- volume
- 15
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 83 - 96
- publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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- wos:000246671100002
- scopus:34247854821
- ISSN
- 0968-0802
- DOI
- 10.1002/sd.310
- language
- English
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- yes
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language = {{eng}},
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publisher = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
series = {{Sustainable Development}},
title = {{Planning for sustainable development: a paradigm shift towards a process-based approach}},
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doi = {{10.1002/sd.310}},
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year = {{2007}},
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