Sustainability Appraisal: A Sourcebook and Reference Guide to International Experience

by Barry Dalal-Clayton, Barry Sadler

Sustainability Appraisal is a sourcebook of the state-of-the-art of this rapidly emerging and diversifying area. It draws on a wealth of international experiences and approaches to illustrate the status and scope of Sustainability Appraisal/Assessment (SA) This comprehensive guide highlights how SA can be used to analyse and integrate the key environmental, social and economic pillars of sustainability into decision-making at all levels, from policy to project to investment, by government, business and industry, or international organizations. Distilling both published and unpublished materials, and with contributions from a range of leading experts, organizations and agencies, this book will be of significant value to professionals everywhere who are in need of a solid, reference guide to what constitutes SA practice and, more importantly, how and when it can be applied.

856 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2009

Reviews

[Arief Wicaksono · Rating 3 out of 5]

too tidy for the meshy Indonesia reality