Monitoring for sustainable development: a systemic framework

Ali Bagheri and Peder Hjorth

International Journal of Sustainable Development, 2005, vol. 8, issue 4, 280-301

Abstract: 'Sustainable development' is a widely used, but less practised, complex term. Using the idea of 'Viability Loops' (VL) based on a System Dynamics (SD) approach and considering sustainability as an ideal for development efforts, this paper argues that sustainable development should be considered as an unending process rather than a state. Thus, a systemic framework is proposed to 'monitor' systems for sustainable development, rather than 'measuring' their sustainability. Then, it is shown that a set of theoretically anticipated VL, in the form of a market-technology balancing mechanism, do not function in practice owing to a lack and/or distortion of information.

Keywords: Iran; measuring; monitoring; system dynamics; Tehran; viability loops; sustainable development; sustainability; water use. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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