Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution

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2.   Instruments and strategies for sustainable regional development

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2.   TITLE:       Instruments and strategies for sustainable regional development

OBJECTIVE :
To identify the key ecological, economic and Social determinants of sustainability at the regional level through formulation of a multidimensional evaluation framework for sustainable regional development policies and strategies.

DESCRIPTION :
Sustainable development as a general policy objective calls for a change in regional development policies. New approaches of regional development policy, which have gained importance since the eighties correspond to the basic ideas of sustainable development. Yet they need a more elaborate set of reliable policy instruments. The project analyses and compares experiences gained in Austria, Germany, Italy, Ireland and Switzerland about the sustainability of regional development policies by

• elaborating a multidimensional evaluation framework for regional development policies and strategies in terms of sustainability

• analyzing and comparing experiences gained in typical regions of five European countries

• identifying "key factors of sustainability" at the regional level and describe the range of suitable policy options

• working out a set of most suitable and effective policy instruments for the sustainable reorientation of regional development

• providing recommendations to European national and regional policy makers.

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