Quo vadis' How to measure the quality of local and regional development processes'
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2003-08-27
Author(s)
Abstract (De)
Today numerous activities which seem to be sound, cosy and helpful - or sometimes simply useful - are called ‚sustainable'. At the same time the requirements for measuring sustainability increased rapidly. Many different systems of indicators and conflicting opinions about the adequate approach characterise the recent discussion.
Nevertheless we add another system with the specific approach to measure the process quality of sustainable development on local and regional level. In our opinion it is capable of adding substantial benefit to the concept of sustainability. The framework in which this system of ‘sustainability quality management' (SQM) has been developed is closely coupled with the regional Agenda 21 process in the Lake of Constance- region, as already presented at the 40th ERSA Congress 2000 in Barcelona. Together with a network of 13 regional contact points in Switzerland, Austria, Germany and the Principality of Liechtenstein the SQM had been developed, discussed and field-tested.
online: http://www.jyu.fi/ersa2003/cdrom/abstracts/a344.html
Nevertheless we add another system with the specific approach to measure the process quality of sustainable development on local and regional level. In our opinion it is capable of adding substantial benefit to the concept of sustainability. The framework in which this system of ‘sustainability quality management' (SQM) has been developed is closely coupled with the regional Agenda 21 process in the Lake of Constance- region, as already presented at the 40th ERSA Congress 2000 in Barcelona. Together with a network of 13 regional contact points in Switzerland, Austria, Germany and the Principality of Liechtenstein the SQM had been developed, discussed and field-tested.
online: http://www.jyu.fi/ersa2003/cdrom/abstracts/a344.html
Language
German
Keywords
sustainability
Agenda 21
quality management
development processes
transdisciplinarity
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Book title
CD zum ERSA Congress 2003 in Jyväskyla, Finnland
Event Title
43rd Conference of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA)
Event Location
Jyväskylä, Finnland
Event Date
27.-30.08.2003
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Eprints ID
13537