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Research Article
National sustainable development strategies: features, challenges and reflexivity
Article first published online: 18 MAY 2007
DOI: 10.1002/eet.450
Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. and ERP Environment
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European Environment
Special Issue: Sustainable Development Strategies in Europe: Taking Stock 20 years after the Brundtland Report; Edited by R. Steurer and A. Martinuzzi, Research Institute for Managing Sustainability (RIMAS), Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria
Volume 17, Issue 3, pages 152–163, May/June 2007
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How to Cite
Meadowcroft, J. (2007), National sustainable development strategies: features, challenges and reflexivity. Eur. Env., 17: 152–163. doi: 10.1002/eet.450
Publication History
- Issue published online: 18 MAY 2007
- Article first published online: 18 MAY 2007
- Manuscript Accepted: 12 MAR 2007
- Manuscript Revised: 15 JAN 2007
- Manuscript Received: 2 OCT 2006
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Keywords:
- sustainable development strategies;
- reflexive governance;
- planning
Abstract
More than a decade has passed since the first countries issued national sustainable development strategies. This essay will consider recent developments in this area, and explore the extent to which such strategies can be considered an emergent mode of reflexive governance of the type required to promote sustainable development. The argument involves three steps: first, a review of the current state of play with respect to sustainable development strategies; second, an assessment of existing strategy processes, and third, a more theoretically focused discussion of their potential significance. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.