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The development of environmental visions and strategies at the municipal level: case studies from the county of Östergötland in Sweden

Weddfelt, E., Vaccari, M. and Tudor, T. L. (2016) The development of environmental visions and strategies at the municipal level: case studies from the county of Östergötland in Sweden. Journal of Environmental Management. 179(1) 0301-4797.

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Abstract:
Sweden faces a number of environmental challenges. Municipalities can play an important role in managing these challenges. Using interviews with 13 municipalities in the county of Östergötland, the manner via which environmental visions and strategies were developed and implemented, and the challenges were explored. Differences were found in the effective development and implementation of both environmental visions and strategies due to a range of factors including the range and level of involvement of different stakeholders, variation in what constituted an environmental strategy, and the time horizons employed for the visions. Suggestions for how best to overcome the barriers are outlined.
Uncontrolled Keywords:
Environmental sustainability, backcasting, participatory approaches
Creators:
Weddfelt, E., Vaccari, M. and Tudor, T. L.
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:
Faculties > Faculty of Arts, Science & Technology > Environmental Science
Date:
25 April 2016
Date Type:
Acceptance
Journal or Publication Title:
Journal of Environmental Management
Volume:
179
Number:
1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.04.050
ISSN:
0301-4797
Status:
Published / Disseminated
Refereed:
Yes
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