Local Sustainability Compass Analysis of Sustainability Benefi Ts in Municipal Action and Projects
Local Sustainability Compass Analysis of Sustainability Benefi ts in Municipal Action and Projects A Case Study from Kreis Lippe Local Sustainability Compass ––– Analysis of Sustainability Benefits in Municipal Action and Projects A case study from Kreis Lippe This paper was presented by the Kreis Lippe and the University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld on the 2014 EGPA Annual Conference of the European Group of Public Administration – EGPA, held in Speyer, Germany, from 9th to 12th September 2014. www.egpa-conference-2014.org Cover graphic Karin Mohring Printed Kreis Lippe Bielefeld, Detmold, October 2014 Local Sustainability Compass – Analysis of Sustainability Benefits in Municipal Action and Projects Local Sustainability Compass – Analysis of Sustainability Benefits in Municipal Action and Projects Landrat Friedel Heuwinkel, level of management, there are the municipalities Detmold, Germany which have the closest contact with the population, (www.kreis-lippe.de/politik/landrat) which in terms of today’s influencers means that, in turn, they have the greatest impact on the possibilities Rechtsanwalt Hans-Georg Kluge, of the next generation. However, the goals of Agenda Berlin, Germany 21 were missed in many places because the actors (www.kluge-anwaltskanzlei.de) could not agree on how sustainable development was to be assessed and on what criteria the concept of Dr. Norbert Röttgen, MdB, sustainability should be based. It lacked a binding Berlin, Germany guiding principle, with the result that Agenda 21 (www.norbert-roettgen.de) lacked political traction and was unable to develop any real relevance in everyday life. Prof. Dr. Volker Wittberg, Bielefeld, Germany This work will be the first attempt to develop a (www.fh-mittelstand.de/csg) politically-legitimate set of criteria for sustainable development, as it has been discussed in the Lippe Thomas Wolf-Hegerbekermeier, district, with a method for assessing these criteria.
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