%0 Report %1 Jones2007 %A Jones, Andrew %D 2007 %K economics localgov strategy sustainability prj-sustainability %T Greening Growth: How Local Government can Build the Green Environment %X This document is about what local agencies – in particular, local government – can do to engineer a transition to sustainable economic development. It is informed in no small part by examples of what local authorities are already doing. Local government, which has the capacity to co-ordinate a range of functions in planning, transport, and housing which can potentially support sustainable economic development. More importantly, local government is best placed to assume leadership in engineering the transition to sustainability. This document has been written partly in anticipation of an enlarged role for local government in economic development, as proposed by the Lyons Review and set out in more detail in the Sub-National Review of Economic Development and Regeneration (SNR). The report, firstly, outlines the meaning of sustainable economic development. Following this, the argument for getting the metrics of sustainable economic development right is set out, as is the case for embedding sustainability in strategy and project appraisal. Next, the SNR and its implications for sustainable economic development are set out in more detail. It is argued that the framework currently proposed, together with other stances taken by the government on regional policy and regional investment could act to hinder rather than assist sustainable economic development. The final sections show what can be done locally to make sustainable economic development a reality.

@techreport{Jones2007, abstract = {This document is about what local agencies – in particular, local government – can do to engineer a transition to sustainable economic development. It is informed in no small part by examples of what local authorities are already doing. Local government, which has the capacity to co-ordinate a range of functions in planning, transport, and housing which can potentially support sustainable economic development. More importantly, local government is best placed to assume leadership in engineering the transition to sustainability. This document has been written partly in anticipation of an enlarged role for local government in economic development, as proposed by the Lyons Review and set out in more detail in the Sub-National Review of Economic Development and Regeneration (SNR). The report, firstly, outlines the meaning of sustainable economic development. Following this, the argument for getting the metrics of sustainable economic development right is set out, as is the case for embedding sustainability in strategy and project appraisal. Next, the SNR and its implications for sustainable economic development are set out in more detail. It is argued that the framework currently proposed, together with other stances taken by the government on regional policy and regional investment could act to hinder rather than assist sustainable economic development. The final sections show what can be done locally to make sustainable economic development a reality.}, added-at = {2010-08-10T21:33:06.000+0200}, author = {Jones, Andrew}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2e9d6d7415e26121a31d00ff5e9bf553a/nicoj}, institution = {Local Government Information Unit}, interhash = {0b3d9ec0496fceaf66375093c9151130}, intrahash = {e9d6d7415e26121a31d00ff5e9bf553a}, keywords = {economics localgov strategy sustainability prj-sustainability}, timestamp = {2012-08-06T22:08:36.000+0200}, title = {Greening Growth: How Local Government can Build the Green Environment}, year = 2007 }