Measuring Sustainability

Simon Bell is Senior Lecturer in information systems at the Open University. Stephen Morse is Reader in development studies at the University of Reading and co-author of Science, Agriculture and Research: A Compromised Participation (Earthscan, 2002).

• Preface * Part I The Brave New Frontier of Sustainability: Where are We? * Part II Sustainability Indicators: A Brief Review * Part III Systemic Sustainability Analysis and Prospective * Part IV Doing SPSA: Some Reflective Experience * Part V New Frontiers of Practice * Part VI The End of a Journey? * Appendix 1: Systematic and Prospective Sustainability Analysis (SPSA) in Malta * Notes * References * Index

Presents valuable practical advice on how to develop measurements that will work in real-life development contexts.' Natural Resources Journal'The colourful and reflective presentation of the process - which brought people together in defining their own set of sustainability indicators and helped them apply these indicators in policy making - is the most valuable contribution of the book to the increasing field of works in the indicator business.' Peter Hardi, PhD, Director, Measurement and Indicator Program, International Institute for Sustainable Development