Sustainable Local Development and Environmental Governance: A Strategic Planning Experience

Giuseppe Ioppolo, Stefano Cucurachi, Roberta Salomone, Giuseppe Saija and Lei Shi
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Giuseppe Ioppolo: University of Study of Messina, Department of Economics, Piazza Pugliatti 1, Messina 98122, Italy
Stefano Cucurachi: Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, Bren Hall, Isla Vista, CA 93117, USA
Roberta Salomone: University of Study of Messina, Department of Economics, Piazza Pugliatti 1, Messina 98122, Italy
Giuseppe Saija: University of Study of Messina, Department of Economics, Piazza Pugliatti 1, Messina 98122, Italy
Lei Shi: University of Tsinghua, Centre for Green Leap Research State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Eco-industry, Beijing 100084, China

Sustainability, 2016, vol. 8, issue 2, 1-16

Abstract: The emphasis on learning and adaptation among different actors at various political administrative levels and on various geographic scales has become a precondition for the emergence of sustainable development. It is possible to find the essential form of collaborative management by using a Strategic Plan, designed to determine a local model of sustainable competitiveness in economic, social and environmental terms. The adoption of a Strategic Plan stimulates a process of shared knowledge, through which it is possible to generate a new environmental governance (EG) that is truly representative of a local system. This paper presents, as a case study representative of the Italian context, the Strategic Plan of the Nebrodi area (SP), and assesses the structure of a new form of public and private environmental governance focused on sustainable concern. Finally, the SP could be considered a guideline for managing the local territorial and environmental system from a long-term perspective.

Keywords: environmental governance; environmental planning; environmental management; participatory model; sustainable competitiveness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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