sustainability. This debate recently seems to be dominated by a wave of studies that more or less are inspired by the ideas of the so … practical backgrounds are invited to explore sustainability transitions and their governance from a theoretical and/or empirical … sustainability transitions. Next, it introduces the contributions that are part of this special issue and the research questions that …

sustainability has so far not played a major role. The UN Commission for Sustainable Development decided in 1995 to develop … European Union in order to assess, in general terms, the sustainability of its development and implications for the future …

This paper presents a numerical examination of sustainability from the perspective of 'genuine savings', using a … dataset provided by the World Bank. Unlike previously-used criteria of sustainability that focus on observed paths of genuine … savings rates, we consider future sustainability by simulating future paths of genuine savings. This analysis shows that some …

instruments with a focus on sustainability. However, the potential of this wealth is not fully used, as many of these tools are … as not just a worthwhile aspiration but as a possible way of effectively implementing local sustainability. …

New technologies are needed to address sustainability issues through emerging forms of governance. These will be … a complex and critical issue where sustainability issues are coming to the fore and in which, we contend, technologies … for sustainability are likely to emerge and develop. Accordingly, we examine and reflect on use of technologies as part of …

sustainability indicators. In this paper, we first present some methods used to design indicators of the sustainability of production …

growth and the market is identified along with values of ecological sustainability, social justice, decentralisation and …

growth on forest sustainability in Africa. Using three instruments of forest exploitation, the study shows how rural …