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Moving towards sustainable development? Integrating economic development and the environment in local authorities

Gibbs, David; Longhurst, James; Braithwaite, Clare

Authors

David Gibbs

Clare Braithwaite



Abstract

The recent growth of interest in sustainable development has led to the incorporation of the concept into policy making at a variety of scales. In all cases particular emphasis is placed upon the local scale as the focus for the implementation of policy and initiatives and especially upon local authorities as the major contributor to this process. There has been little assessment, however, of the extent to which local authorities either can, or are, undertaking such initiatives. This paper examines: the potential role that local authorities can play in integrating economic development and the environment; the forms of response and initiatives that are currently in place, drawing upon survey evidence from urban local authorities in England and Wales; and some of the limits to local authority action.

Citation

Gibbs, D., Longhurst, J., & Braithwaite, C. (1996). Moving towards sustainable development? Integrating economic development and the environment in local authorities. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 39(3), 317-332. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640569612444

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Aug 2, 2010
Publication Date Jan 1, 1996
Journal Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
Print ISSN 0964-0568
Publisher Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 39
Issue 3
Pages 317-332
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09640569612444
Keywords sustainable development, integration, economic development, environment, local authorities
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1105456
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640569612444