Selecting Sustainability Indicators for Local Community – Case Study of Milanówek Municipality, Poland
Problemy Ekorozwoju – Problems of Sustainable Development 2012, Vol. 7, No 2, 77-86
10 Pages Posted: 23 Aug 2012
Date Written: August 22, 2012
Abstract
Actions for sustainable development at the local community level are the key elements of Agenda 21 but they also prove to be a difficult challenge. The governance of this process needs sustainability indicators to assess changes in local socio-economic and environmental systems to date. This article presents results of research on the local sustainable development assessment in Milanówek Municipality in Poland. This is an attempt to use a mixed, reductionist-participatory approach to selecting sustainability indicators for one local community in Poland. The paper shows how to develop and use, at the time of broad theoretical debate on implementation of sustainable development strategies, a set of indicators helping us to shape the development strategy of a municipality to fully satisfy its requirements.
Keywords: sustainable development, indicators, local communities
JEL Classification: O13, Q20, Q32, Q41, R11, M14
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