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Local approaches to sustainable development with case studies from Sweden
Scottish Geographical Journal ( IF 0.718 ) Pub Date : 2018-10-02 , DOI: 10.1080/14702541.2018.1536279
Brita Hermelin 1 , Kristina Trygg 2
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Geographical approaches to sustainable development consider how sustainable development plays out on different scales and how space makes a difference. The scales for research may refer to political-administrative territories – EU, national states, and different subnational territories – as well as regions and places defined through social processes and structures. This thematic issue contains articles focusing on how sustainable development plays out on the local scale, and how such processes are intertwined into complex multi-scalar interactions and relations. The articles describe studies that investigate how local structures and processes condition the development of social, economic and ecological sustainability. They provide insights into the importance of place for how sustainable development can be realised in practice. With this approach as the point of departure, it is important not to be led into the false conclusion that local scale is about minor changes. We suggest that the opposite is the case that local actions are required in order to effect genuine transformations towards sustainable development. The accumulation of local changes over time leads to thresholds being passed and transformations being achieved (Feola, 2015). The widespread and generally agreed understanding of sustainable development contains three dimensions – ecological, social and economic – which, it is maintained, are unevenly prioritised through policy and unevenly analysed through research. Social sustainability receives less attention (Vallance, Perkins, & Dixon, 2011). Energy transition has been one important theme within the dimension of ecological sustainability (Bridge, Bouzarovski, Bradshaw, & Eyre, 2013). Although the approach of eco-modernisation and the aligning concept of the green economy dominate debates on economic sustainability (Jones et al., 2016), it is important to remember that scholars in geography have also discussed the alternative concept of ‘degrowth’ (Krueger, Schulz, & Gibbs, 2018). The three dimensions of sustainable development are interrelated, and involve transforming organisational structures, technological systems and patterns of behaviour with profound impacts on societies. Studies on sustainable development at the local scale need to acknowledge the role of Local Agenda 21 (LA 21): ‘“Local Agenda 21”, launched at the first Rio summit, envisaged a community-led response to sustainable development challenges locally’ (Ely, Smith, Stirling, Leach, & Scoones, 2013, p. 1063). LA 21 marks an important initial point for the focus on the local scale for sustainable development work, which has continued to be an

中文翻译:

通过瑞典案例研究实现可持续发展的当地方法

可持续发展的地理方法考虑可持续发展如何在不同尺度上发挥作用以及空间如何产生影响。研究的尺度可能是指政治行政领土——欧盟、国家和不同的次国家领土——以及通过社会过程和结构定义的地区和地方。本专题刊载的文章侧重于可持续发展如何在地方尺度上发挥作用,以及这些过程如何交织成复杂的多尺度相互作用和关系。这些文章描述了调查当地结构和过程如何影响社会、经济和生态可持续性发展的研究。它们提供了关于地方对于如何在实践中实现可持续发展的重要性的见解。以这种方法为出发点,重要的是不要被引入局部尺度是关于微小变化的错误结论。我们认为,情况恰恰相反,需要采取当地行动才能实现真正的可持续发展转型。随着时间的推移,局部变化的累积导致阈值被传递并实现转型(Feola,2015)。对可持续发展的广泛和普遍认同的理解包含三个维度——生态、社会和经济——它被保持,通过政策优先考虑不均衡,通过研究分析不均衡。社会可持续性受到的关注较少(Vallance、Perkins 和 Dixon,2011 年)。能源转型一直是生态可持续性维度中的一个重要主题(Bridge, 布扎罗夫斯基、布拉德肖和艾尔,2013 年)。尽管生态现代化的方法和绿色经济的统一概念主导了关于经济可持续性的辩论(Jones 等,2016),但重要的是要记住,地理学学者也讨论了“退化”的替代概念(Krueger 、舒尔茨和吉布斯,2018 年)。可持续发展的三个维度相互关联,涉及对社会产生深远影响的组织结构、技术系统和行为模式的转变。关于地方规模可持续发展的研究需要承认地方 21 世纪议程 (LA 21) 的作用:“在第一届里约峰会上发起的“地方 21 世纪议程”设想了社区主导的对地方可持续发展挑战的反应”(Ely ,Smith、Stirling、Leach 和 Scoones,2013 年,第 1063 页)。
更新日期:2018-10-02
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