The ISC Framework: Modelling Drivers for the Degree of Local Agenda 21 Implantation in Western Europe

Carmen Echebarria, José Barrutia and Itziar Aguado-Moralejo

Environment and Planning A, 2009, vol. 41, issue 4, 980-995

Abstract: We analyse the Local Agenda 21 (LA21) implantation process in Western Europe from 1992 to the present day. Basing our work on a literature review and on our own direct observations, we construct a model that explains the development of LA21 processes. We term it the ‘isolated, supported, and connected’ (ISC) framework. Our model attempts to make a contribution to (1) LA21 literature and (2) policy network literature. On the one hand, previous LA21 literature discussed factors that hold back and drive LA21 processes, but a comprehensive conceptual framework has not been constructed. Our model integrates the different variables within a single conceptual ISC framework. On the other hand, conceptual policy network literature holds that fully connected models ought to be superior to less connected, or isolated, models, but empirical evidence is scanty and inconclusive. Our research supports the conclusion that policy networks are superior in terms of disseminating LA21 processes.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1068/a40301

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