Sustainability assessment: basic components of a practical approach
- Robert B. Gibson
- Business
- 1 September 2006
The last few years have brought many experiments with forms of sustainability assessment, applied at the strategic and project levels by governments, private-sector firms, civil society organizations…
Beyond The Pillars: Sustainability Assessment As A Framework For Effective Integration Of Social, Economic And Ecological Considerations In Significant Decision-Making
- Robert B. Gibson
- Political Science
- 1 September 2006
Sustainability is an essentially integrative concept. It seems reasonable, then, to design sustainability assessment as an essentially integrative process and framework for decision-making on…
Governance for sustainable development: moving from theory to practice
- R. Kemp, S. Parto, Robert B. Gibson
- Economics
- 15 July 2005
In this paper we examine and elaborate on the central elements of sustainable development and governance, considering their interrelations as they have emerged from the core themes in sustainable…
In full retreat: the Canadian government's new environmental assessment law undoes decades of progress
- Robert B. Gibson
- Political Science, Law
- 1 September 2012
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Act 2012, which came into force on 6 July 2012, virtually eliminates the core of federal-level environmental assessment in Canada. Under the new law, federal…
Learning through evaluation: A tentative evaluative scheme for sustainability transition experiments
- C. Luederitz, Niko Schäpke, F. Westley
- Business
- 15 December 2017
From Wreck Cove to Voisey's Bay: the evolution of federal environmental assessment in Canada
- Robert B. Gibson
- Environmental Science
- 1 September 2002
Canadian environmental assessment has evolved significantly from the embarrassing Wreck Cove hydroelectric project experience in the mid-1970s to the more exemplary case of the Voisey's Bay Mine and…
Citizen involvement in sustainability-centred environmental assessment follow-up
- C. Hunsberger, Robert B. Gibson, Susan Wismer
- Environmental Science
- 1 August 2005
Lasting regional gains from non-renewable resource extraction: The role of sustainability-based cumulative effects assessment and regional planning for mining development in Canada
- Cole Atlin, Robert B. Gibson
- Environmental Science
- 2017
STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AS A MEANS OF PURSUING SUSTAINABILITY: TEN ADVANTAGES AND TEN CHALLENGES
- Kirk Stinchcombe, Robert B. Gibson
- Political Science
- 1 September 2001
While strategic environmental assessment can be a powerful tool for fostering progress towards sustainability, effective implementation involves confronting a set of substantial challenges. This…
Roles of environmental movement organisations in land-use planning: case studies of the Niagara Escarpment and Oak Ridges Moraine, Ontario, Canada
- G. Whitelaw, P. Eagles, Robert B. Gibson, Mark Seasons
- Political Science
- 1 November 2008
The paper explores the roles of environmental movement organisations (EMOs) in land-use planning, including domain creation (establishment of new or modified landscape planning boundaries) and regime…
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