Governance for sustainability: knowledge integration and multi-actor dimensions in risk management

147

Food and gastronomy (F&G) are increasingly recognized as potentially determinant elements for the sustainable development of places. A commonly held theory in many research fields is that F&G can contribute to the economic, social and environmental sustainability of places while potentially representing elements that increase those places' attractiveness and competitiveness. This literature review investigates three main research streams: agriculture and rural studies, place branding and place marketing and food tourism. The aim is to reduce the research fragmentation by offering a more holistic perspective on how F&G are understood in different research areas to identify common and transversal elements that might represent the core of F&G's potential for place development. These areas have been analysed to identify common, recurrent and significative local F&G resources. Significance in this context indicates that the identified local F&G resources have emerged as meaningful at the local and global levels; that is, they are embedded in the place (spatially and culturally) and are able to identify and differentiate the place in global competition. The analysis reveals that all local F&G resources that support place distinctiveness and attractiveness should also address and strengthen the link between the place (territorial/geographical dimensions) and the people (cultural dimensions).

Section: Governancementioning

confidence: 73%

Food and Gastronomy for Sustainable Place Development: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Different Theoretical Approaches

Rinaldi

2017

147

“…Governance for SD, in light of a "wicked problem", has to be conceptualised as "steering requirements" that facilitate a continuously emerging policy approach rather than the management/steering/guiding of the implementation of a particular policy [16][17][18][46][47][48][49]. These "steering requirements" are conceptualised in this paper through governance for SD principles that facilitate SD as a "clumsy" solution approach.…”

Section: Governance For Sd Principles As a Clumsy Solution Approach Fmentioning

confidence: 99%

Addressing “Wicked Problems” through Governance for Sustainable Development—A Comparative Analysis of National Mineral Policy Approaches in the European Union

Endl

2017

Abstract:The achievement of sustainable development (SD) in the supply of minerals poses significant challenges for governments and public administrations on all levels, because ensuring a sustainable supply constitutes a "wicked" problem that has no clear set of alternative solutions due to its social, institutional and scientific complexities. This paper explores how this problem is addressed through "governance for SD" principles (horizontal policy integration and participation; long-term vision/short-term action; and reflexivity and learning) in the design and delivery of national mineral policy strategies (NMS) in five EU Member States (Austria, Finland, Greece, Portugal and Sweden). Following a grounded theory approach on data collected through document analysis and complementary qualitative interviews, the author identified several analytical categories for the selected governance for SD' principles. Although no "one-size-fits-all" recipe for best practice on governance for SD exists in the five NMS, Finland, Portugal and Sweden meet high standards: These NMS display practical examples of governance for SD integration and, thus, lay the foundations for achieving policy outcomes in the sectoral policy strategies of the mineral supply.

“…With respect to the other policies (policy Nos. 5,12,15,18), it can be seen that generally these policies require larger populations and employment bases to sustain them, in particular policy no. All of the policies identified as common to medium sized settlement change scenarios are applicable in larger settlements, pointing to the finding that medium sized settlements can become more sustainable by emulating larger more sustainable settlements on a pro-rata basis.…”

Section: Appropriate Settlement Sustainability Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Robust evidence is required and linkages between researchers and policy-makers need to be further strengthened [15,16]. There is a recognized need for more empirical studies on policy appraisal [17,18]. Evidence based policy-making has been adopted to facilitate a more rational and systematic process, representing a departure from ideological opinion based policy-making [19,20].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Quantitative Evaluation of Settlement Sustainability Policy (QESSP); Forward Planning for 26 Irish Settlements

Fitzgerald

O'Doherty²,

Moles

et al. 2015

Urban areas are increasingly associated with negative environmental impacts due to concentrated resource consumption; however urban areas also offer economies of scale in terms of service provision. There is no accepted mechanism to aid decision-makers in policy selection to determine where to promote population growth or how to select settlement specific policies to improve sustainability of urban areas. There is strong political desire for methods assessing policy implementation impact on overall sustainability targets, but this has proved challenging, as views on the meaning of sustainability vary, and methods developed satisfying scientists' needs for rigor are deemed too complex and inadequately transparent by decision-makers. Sustainability measurement is vital to check whether a new policy, decision or technical innovation is helpful in enhancing sustainability. By 2055 estimates indicate that 75 percent of the world population will live in urban areas, highlighting the importance of promoting low cost policy decisions providing greatest environmental benefit, with short implementation timescale. This paper describes an evidence-based method developed and piloted to address these drivers and provide a decision support system for planners and policy-makers developed for Irish settlements with population range 500-20,000, which may have application elsewhere. OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 1820