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Developing approaches to measuring and monitoring sustainable development in Wales: A review

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  • Annette Roberts

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Munday M. and Roberts A. (2006) Developing approaches to measuring and monitoring sustainable development in Wales: a review, Regional Studies 40, 534-535. Under the 1998 Government of Wales Act, the Welsh Assembly Government committed to the promotion of sustainable development in the exercise of its functions. The paper examines a selection of approaches that are being explored in Wales to monitor and measure progress towards sustainable development objectives. These approaches are the ecological footprint, the index of sustainable economic welfare, the environmental satellite account, and environmental input-output tables. The paper shows that in Wales there are problems with each of the approaches outlined, but that development of an environmental satellite account could be useful, with this approach linked to the other approaches reviewed, and with the satellite account enabling environmental factors to be connected more readily to conventional regional accounting aggregates. The findings are expected to be relevant to other UK regions that are also seeking methods of monitoring and measuring progress towards sustainable development. Munday M. et Roberts A. (2006) Developper des approches d'aborder la mesure du developpement durable au Pays de Galles et d'en faire le suivi: une critique, Regional Studies 40, 534-535. Selon la loi de 1998 sur la gouvernance du Pays de Galles, l'Assemblee galloise s'est engagee a la promotion du developpement durable afin d'executer ses competences. Cet article cherche a examiner une selection 'approches que l'on explore au Pays de Galles afin de faire le suivi et de mesurer les progres que l'on a faits en faveur des objectifs du developpement durable. Ces approches constituent la tracee ecologique, l'indice du bien-etre economique durable, le compte satellite lie a l'environnement, et des tableaux d'echanges inter-industriels ecologiques. L'article montre qu'au Pays de Galles chacune des approches soulignees pose des problemes. Neanmoins, le developpement d'un compte satellite lie a l'environnement pourrait s'averer utile, vu que cette approche est liee aux autres approches dont on fait la critique, et etant donne que le compte satellite lie a l'environnement permet de rapporter plus facilement des facteurs ecologiques aux donnees globales conventionnelles comptabilisees sur le plan regional. On s'attend a ce que les resultats s'averent utiles pour d'autres regions au RU qui cherchent aussi des moyens de mesurerles progres en faveur du developpement durable et d'en faire le suivi. Developpement durable, Pays de Galles, Mesure et Suivi Munday M. und Roberts A. (2006) Entwicklun on Ansatzen zur Messung und Uberwachung nachhaltiger Entwicklun n Wales: eine Besprechung, Regional Studies 40, 534-535. Laut Gesetz der Regierung von Wales vom Jahre 1998 ist die Regierung von Wales dazu verpflichtet, bei der Ausubung von Pflichten Entwicklung zu fordern. Dieser Aufsatz untersucht eine Auswahl von Ansatzen, die in Wales untersucht wurden, um Fortschritte in Richtung nachhaltiger Entwicklungsziele zu uberwachen und zu beurteilen. Bei diesen Ansatzen handelt es sich um okologische 'Fussspuren', den Index nachhaltigen, wirtschaftlichen Wohlergehens, die Umweltsatelittenaufzeichnung und die Umweltsaufwand/Ertragstabellen. Der Aufsatz zeigt, dass es in Wales mit jedem der umrissenen Ansatze Probleme gibt, dass die Aufstellung einer Satelliten gesteuerten Umweltaufzeichnung sich jedoch nutzlich erweisen konnte,.wobei dieser Ansatz in Verbindung mit bereits besprochenen Ansatzen gesehen werden sollte, und die Satellitenaufzeichnung es gestatten wurde, Umweltfaktoren leichter mit Kombinationen konventioneller regionaler Berichterstattungen zu verbinden. Man erwartet,dass diese Befunde anderen Regionen des UK sachdienlich sind, die ebenso Methoden der Uberwachung und Messung des Fortschritts zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung anstreben. Nachhaltige Entwicklung, Wales, Messung und Uberwachung Munday M. y Roberts A. (2006) Enfoque e desarrollo para medir y supervisar el desarrollo sostenible en Gales: una revision, Regional Studies 40, 534-535. Bajo la ley de 1998 del Gobierno de Gales, el Gobierno de la Asamblea de Gales se comprometio a fomentar el desarrollo sostenible en el ejercicio de sus funciones. En este articulo examinamos una serie de enfoques que se estan estudiando en Gales para supervisar y medir el progreso en funcion de los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible. Estos enfoques son la huella ecologica, el indice del bienestar en la economia sostenible, la cifra medioambiental a vista de satelite y las tablas de Input-Output sobre medio ambiente. Aqui demostramos que en Gales existen problemas con cada uno de los enfoques destacados pero que el desarrollo de una cifra medioambiental por satelite podria ser muy util dado que este enfoque esta relacionado con otros ya revisados y con la cifra por satelite que nos permita conectar facilmente los factores medioambientales a agregados de cifras regionales mas convencionales. Se preve que los resultados sean relevantes a otras regiones britanicas que tambien necesitan metodos para supervisar y medir el progreso hacia un desarrollo sostenible. Desarrollo sostenible, Gales, Medicion y supervision

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  • Max Munday & Annette Roberts, 2006. "Developing approaches to measuring and monitoring sustainable development in Wales: A review," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(5), pages 535-554.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:40:y:2006:i:5:p:535-554
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