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Monitoring for sustainable development: a systemic framework

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  • Ali Bagheri
  • Peder Hjorth

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'Sustainable development' is a widely used, but less practised, complex term. Using the idea of 'Viability Loops' (VL) based on a System Dynamics (SD) approach and considering sustainability as an ideal for development efforts, this paper argues that sustainable development should be considered as an unending process rather than a state. Thus, a systemic framework is proposed to 'monitor' systems for sustainable development, rather than 'measuring' their sustainability. Then, it is shown that a set of theoretically anticipated VL, in the form of a market-technology balancing mechanism, do not function in practice owing to a lack and/or distortion of information.

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  • Ali Bagheri & Peder Hjorth, 2005. "Monitoring for sustainable development: a systemic framework," International Journal of Sustainable Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 8(4), pages 280-301.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijsusd:v:8:y:2005:i:4:p:280-301
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    1. Ali Bagheri & Moosa Darijani & Ali Asgary & Saeed Morid, 2010. "Crisis in Urban Water Systems during the Reconstruction Period: A System Dynamics Analysis of Alternative Policies after the 2003 Earthquake in Bam-Iran," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 24(11), pages 2567-2596, September.
    2. Ali Bagheri & Peder Hjorth, 2007. "Planning for sustainable development: a paradigm shift towards a process-based approach," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 15(2), pages 83-96.
    3. Seyithan Ahmet Ates & Kursad Derinkuyu, 2021. "Green growth and OECD countries: measurement of country performances through distance-based analysis (DBA)," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 23(10), pages 15062-15073, October.
    4. Perez-Mujica, Luisa & Duncan, Roderick & Bossomaier, Terry, 2014. "Using agent-based models to design social marketing campaign," Australasian marketing journal, Elsevier, vol. 22(1), pages 36-44.

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