Abstract
![CDATA[Sustainability is an important process and objective of society. State of the Environment Reporting at both the local and regional level is an important part of monitoring the wider sustainability project. Legislation and practice emphasises public participation in the context of sustainability monitoring and reporting. The sustainability project has been less than successful in two crucial ways that have a nexus at the local level: the effects of sustainability practice at this level has not been successful enough, and, practitioners have refined the techniques of public participation but, often, with little impact on final decisions. The gap between theory and effective practice seems wide and this paper will explore some of that territory. This paper examines a case study of this situation in two ways: in the context of the development of an alternative model in the preparation of the Western Sydney Regional State of the Environment Report 2000, and, importantly, an exploration of the Report’s problematic aftermath. Proposals in this paper include the deeper participation of the public in the sustainability project within a local council framework and the inclusion of community developed indicators of sustainability into the management plans of councils.]]
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Conference Proceedings: Environmental Change: Making it Happen, 29th November - 2nd December 2005, Hobart, Tasmania |
Publisher | RMIT University |
Number of pages | 13 |
ISBN (Print) | 0864593864 |
Publication status | Published - 2005 |
Event | Environmental Postgraduate Conference - Duration: 1 Jan 2006 → … |
Conference
Conference | Environmental Postgraduate Conference |
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Period | 1/01/06 → … |
Keywords
- public participation
- sustainable development
- Western Sydney (N.S.W.)
- sustainability
- environmental sciences
- city planning
- environmental monitoring
- environment and sustainability
- New South Wales
- Australia
- local government
- Centre for Western Sydney