A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Evaluating Sustainability: Controversies, Challenges, and Opportunities
Sustainability has long been a concern with regard to overpopulation and resource shortages. The concept became used in evaluation because of the observations that many programs have difficulties being sustained after initial start‐up funding expired. Now sustainability is a central concern due to the crisis of climate change. This chapter provides a foundation for this issue on evaluating sustainability by reviewing the evolving understandings of “sustainability” as it relates to evaluation, developing the argument that sustainability, and evaluating sustainability, is better viewed in process versus outcome terms, and summarizing some of the challenges and opportunities that wait to be addressed.
Evaluating Sustainability: Controversies, Challenges, and Opportunities
Sustainability has long been a concern with regard to overpopulation and resource shortages. The concept became used in evaluation because of the observations that many programs have difficulties being sustained after initial start‐up funding expired. Now sustainability is a central concern due to the crisis of climate change. This chapter provides a foundation for this issue on evaluating sustainability by reviewing the evolving understandings of “sustainability” as it relates to evaluation, developing the argument that sustainability, and evaluating sustainability, is better viewed in process versus outcome terms, and summarizing some of the challenges and opportunities that wait to be addressed.
Evaluating Sustainability: Controversies, Challenges, and Opportunities
Julnes, George (author)
New Directions for Evaluation ; 2019 ; 13-28
2019-06-01
16 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Evaluating to Resolve Controversies
| Wiley | 2001
Ocean industry sustainability: challenges and opportunities
| Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2012