Conducting Sustainability Assessments.

This volume reviews the state of the art in conducting sustainability assessments, including the range of methodologies and tools available. It describes current practice in OECD countries, as well as the continuing debate on quantifying and comparing diverse types of short- and long-term policy impacts.
Table of Content :

Workshop Overview by Candice Stevens
PART I. DEFINING SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENTS
Chapter 1. Sustainability Impact Assessment: European Approaches by Gerald Berger
Chapter 2. Sustainability Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment by Kerstin Arbter
Chapter 3. Sustainability Impact Assessment and Regulatory Impact Assessment by Ingeborg Neistroy
PART II. IDENTIFYING TOOLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENTS
Chapter 4. The Sustainability A-Test by Marjan van Herwijnen
Chapter 5. The Role of Tools in Impact Assessments by Anneke von Raggamby
Chapter 6. Using Assessment Tools in the Policy Contest by Donald Macrae
PART III. CONDUCTING SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENTS
Chapter 7. Balancing Interests in Sustainability Assessments by Daniel Wachter
Chapter 8. Assessing the Energy Contributions to Sustainability by Helene Connor
Chapter 9. Assessing the Sustainability of Trade Policies and Agreements by Colin Kirkpatrick and Clive George