Measuring Localisation Regionally to Form a Bhutanese Index

Michelle M. Olivier, Benjamin P. Wilson and Jonathon L. Howard
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Michelle M. Olivier: School of Environmental Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Albury, New South Wales 2640, Australia
Benjamin P. Wilson: School of Environmental Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Albury, New South Wales 2640, Australia
Jonathon L. Howard: School of Environmental Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Albury, New South Wales 2640, Australia

Sustainability, 2016, vol. 8, issue 7, 1-19

Abstract: Localisation may be used as a strategy to remedy the harmful socio-ecological impacts of economic globalisation, and lead to improved sustainability achievements. This article describes the formation of a regional-level localisation index for the 20 districts of Bhutan, demonstrating a way to identify localised places using regionally specific data. Secondary source data were gathered in Bhutan according to localisation expert-identified metrics, which were then weighted, standardised, scored and ranked. This enabled the formation of a Bhutanese regional-level localisation index. The index may assist those seeking regional-level localisation case studies by enabling the identification of localised places in Bhutan. The article also summarises sustainability-planning interviews carried out across Bhutan to determine causal factors relating to localisation scores, in particular focusing on the top localisation-scoring district, Dagana. The interviews revealed that Bhutan is a highly localised country that has long and intentionally planned many aspects of localisation.

Keywords: localisation; economic globalisation; urbanisation; sustainability; localisation metrics; localisation index; Bhutan (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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