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Developing approaches to measuring and monitoring sustainable development in Wales: A review

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Max Munday
Annette Roberts

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Munday M. and Roberts A. (2006) Developing approaches to measuring and monitoring sustainable development in Wales: a review, Regional Studies 40, 534--535. Under the 1998 Government of Wales Act, the Welsh Assembly Government committed to the promotion of sustainable development in the exercise of its functions. The paper examines a selection of approaches that are being explored in Wales to monitor and measure progress towards sustainable development objectives. These approaches are the ecological footprint, the index of sustainable economic welfare, the environmental satellite account, and environmental input--output tables. The paper shows that in Wales there are problems with each of the approaches outlined, but that development of an environmental satellite account could be useful, with this approach linked to the other approaches reviewed, and with the satellite account enabling environmental factors to be connected more readily to conventional regional accounting aggregates. The findings are expected to be relevant to other UK regions that are also seeking methods of monitoring and measuring progress towards sustainable development. Munday M. et Roberts A. (2006) Développer des approches d'aborder la mesure du développement durable au Pays de Galles et d'en faire le suivi: une critique, Regional Studies 40, 534--535. Selon la loi de 1998 sur la gouvernance du Pays de Galles, l'Assemblée galloise s'est engagée à la promotion du développement durable afin d'exécuter ses compétences. Cet article cherche à examiner une sélection 'approches que l'on explore au Pays de Galles afin de faire le suivi et de mesurer les progrès que l'on a faits en faveur des objectifs du développement durable. Ces approches constituent la tracée écologique, l'indice du bien-être économique durable, le compte satellite lié à l'environnement, et des tableaux d'échanges inter-industriels écologiques. L'article montre qu'au Pays de Galles chacune des approches soulignées pose des problèmes. Néanmoins, le développement d'un compte satellite lié à l'environnement pourrait s'avérer utile, vu que cette approche est liée aux autres approches dont on fait la critique, et étant donné que le compte satellite lié à l'environnement permet de rapporter plus facilement des facteurs écologiques aux données globales conventionnelles comptabilisées sur le plan régional. On s'attend à ce que les résultats s'avèrent utiles pour d'autres régions au RU qui cherchent aussi des moyens de mesurerles progrès en faveur du développement durable et d'en faire le suivi. Développement durable, Pays de Galles, Mesure et Suivi Munday M. und Roberts A. (2006) Entwicklun on Ansätzen zur Messung und Überwachung nachhaltiger Entwicklun n Wales: eine Besprechung, Regional Studies 40, 534--535. Laut Gesetz der Regierung von Wales vom Jahre 1998 ist die Regierung von Wales dazu verpflichtet, bei der Ausübung von Pflichten Entwicklung zu fördern. Dieser Aufsatz untersucht eine Auswahl von Ansätzen, die in Wales untersucht wurden, um Fortschritte in Richtung nachhaltiger Entwicklungsziele zu überwachen und zu beurteilen. Bei diesen Ansätzen handelt es sich um ökologische 'Fußspuren’, den Index nachhaltigen, wirtschaftlichen Wohlergehens, die Umweltsatelittenaufzeichnung und die Umweltsaufwand/Ertragstabellen. Der Aufsatz zeigt, daß es in Wales mit jedem der umrissenen Ansätze Probleme gibt, daß die Aufstellung einer Satelliten gesteuerten Umweltaufzeichnung sich jedoch nützlich erweisen könnte,.wobei dieser Ansatz in Verbindung mit bereits besprochenen Ansätzen gesehen werden sollte, und die Satellitenaufzeichnung es gestatten würde, Umweltfaktoren leichter mit Kombinationen konventioneller regionaler Berichterstattungen zu verbinden. Man erwartet,daß diese Befunde anderen Regionen des UK sachdienlich sind, die ebenso Methoden der Überwachung und Messung des Fortschritts zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung anstreben. Nachhaltige Entwicklung, Wales, Messung und Überwachung Munday M. y Roberts A. (2006) Enfoque e desarrollo para medir y supervisar el desarrollo sostenible en Gales: una revisión, Regional Studies 40, 534--535. Bajo la ley de 1998 del Gobierno de Gales, el Gobierno de la Asamblea de Gales se comprometió a fomentar el desarrollo sostenible en el ejercicio de sus funciones. En este artículo examinamos una serie de enfoques que se están estudiando en Gales para supervisar y medir el progreso en función de los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible. Estos enfoques son la huella ecológica, el índice del bienestar en la economía sostenible, la cifra medioambiental a vista de satélite y las tablas de Input--Output sobre medio ambiente. Aquí demostramos que en Gales existen problemas con cada uno de los enfoques destacados pero que el desarrollo de una cifra medioambiental por satélite podría ser muy útil dado que este enfoque está relacionado con otros ya revisados y con la cifra por satélite que nos permita conectar fácilmente los factores medioambientales a agregados de cifras regionales más convencionales. Se prevé que los resultados sean relevantes a otras regiones británicas que también necesitan métodos para supervisar y medir el progreso hacia un desarrollo sostenible. Desarrollo sostenible, Gales, Medición y supervisión

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