Keskitalo, Carina
- Umeå University
Abstract
Much of the effort to address environmental issues at the local level has focused on defining principles and aims rather than addressing the operational difficulties of implementation. Drawing upon insights from sustainability scholarship, this study reviews two cases: the development of a Swedish standard for implementing sustainable development at municipality, county council, and regional levels, and attempts by a small rural municipality to establish a process towards implementing the Aalborg Commitments. The research illustrates the specific organizational and managerial complexity of these case study experiences. It concludes that an organizational focus on integration and mainstreaming deserves particular attention to achieve broader sustainability, or related environmental or adaptation goals. The results, in particular, highlight the role that integrated management systems can play for sustainability work at the local level.
Keywords
sustainability; Sweden; local level; public management; integrated management systems; organization
Published in
Resources
2017, volume: 6, number: 1, article number: 13
SLU Authors
Andersson, Elias
- Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Global goals (SDG)
UKÄ Subject classification
Public Administration Studies
Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Political Science (Excluding Peace and Conflict Studies)
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/resources6010013
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/83047