Impact assessment and sustainable development : an introduction / Clive George and Colin Kirkpatrick -- Part I. Evaluation and sustainable development : concepts and methods -- The long and winding road of sustainable development evaluation / Peter Hardi -- Evaluation for sustainable development : the Rio model of governance / Martin Jinicke -- Evaluation of regional network governance : capacity building for steering sustainable development / Wolfgang Meyer and Sebastian Elbe -- The role of evaluation in regional sustainable development / Joe Ravetz -- Considering environmental aspects in integrated impact assessment : lessons learned and challenges ahead / Klaus Jacob, Julia Hertin and Axel Volkery -- The contribution of environmental assessment to sustainable development : toward a richer conceptual understanding / Matthew Cashmore -- How useful are computable general equilibrium models for sustainability impact assessment? / Serban Scrieciu -- Methods and tools for integrated sustainability assessment (MATISSE) : a new European project / Paul Weaver [and others] -- The selection of suitable tools for sustainability impact assessment / Marjan van Herwijnen and Wouter de Ridder -- Part II. Impact assessment and sustainable development : European perspectives -- Assessing the cost-effectiveness of environmental policies in Europe / Benjamin Gdrlach [and others] -- Implementing a monitoring system for the French national strategy for sustainable development / Benoit Simon and Jean-Pierre Sivignon -- The quality of impact assessment in Slovakia / Katarina Starohovd -- Challenges of regulating integrated impact assessment : the case of Slovenia / Mojca Golobic and Franc ZakrajJek -- Strategic environmental assessment and sustainability assessment in the Netherlands / Geert P.J Draaijers and Rob Verheem -- Exploring the feasibility of sustainability impact assessment procedures for federal policies in Belgium / Tom Bauler, Marco Wdktare and Alessandro Bonifazi.
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Translation of the principle of sustainable development into policy and practice, and the evaluation of the outcomes of these strategic interventions, are some of the most pressing challenges facing policymakers in Europe and beyond. The chapters in this book contribute to the debate surrounding these challenges. By exploring the conceptual and methodological issues relating to the evaluation of sustainable development and analysing European practice and experience, this work provides a coherent and integrated contribution to our understanding of these issues. With contributions from a disting.
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