Sustainability and Resilience Planning for Local Governments

Description

This book details a process of creating a long-term sustainability and resilience plan for local governments to use in designing and implementing sustainability and resilience-related policies, initiatives, and programs. It offers guidance and methods in applying sustainability and resilience strategies to attain the prosperity of organizations and communities. The recommendations in this book are based on the author's years of experience in directing applied resilience and sustainability planning for a local government, and years of research covering diverse aspects of sustainability and resilience from climate change, climate preparedness and readiness, quadruple bottom line strategy, greenhouse gas emission reduction policies, climate adaptation and mitigation to sustainable energy policies and initiatives. Chapter one defines terms related to sustainability and resilience and addresses how the topics reshape local governments and communities. Chapter two maps out the sustainability and resilience process for organizations and communities, determining the appropriate steps to be taken at each level of sustainability and resilience planning. Chapter three identifies community and organizational level engagement, with internal and external stakeholders, including designs necessary throughout these processes. Chapter four contains measuring, tracking, monitoring and reporting methods using the quadruple bottom line strategy, and developing a sustainability and resilience progress report to ensure accountability, transparency, and good governance. Then, chapter five details the implementation of a sustainability and resilience plan once it is established, describing potential programs and initiatives to achieve sustainable and resilient communities. Chapter six describes the intersection between sustainability and resilience, and chapter seven examines the tools and resources available to create a practical sustainability and resilience plan. Chapter eight concludes the text by addressing the future of sustainability and resilience, and complexities of the modern dynamics of the interconnected systems in cities, counties, and organizations, and recommends how local government administrators in their planning methods and strategies must consider these challenges. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi Defining, Initiating, and Reviewing Sustainability and Resilience Planning (Haris Alibašić)....Pages 1-16 Mapping Out the Sustainability and Resilience Process for Organizations and Communities (Haris Alibašić)....Pages 17-32 Identifying the Internal and External Stakeholders, the Level of Organizational and Community Engagement, and the Target Champions (Haris Alibašić)....Pages 33-43 Measuring, Tracking, Monitoring, and Reporting Sustainability and Resilience Progress (Haris Alibašić)....Pages 45-65 Implementing a Sustainability and Resilience Plan: Initiatives and Programs (Haris Alibašić)....Pages 67-83 Examining the Intersection of Sustainability and Resilience (Haris Alibašić)....Pages 85-98 Evaluating Tools and Resources for Sustainability and Resilience Planning (Haris Alibašić)....Pages 99-110 Concluding Remarks: Future of Sustainability and Resilience Planning (Haris Alibašić)....Pages 111-116 Erratum to: Measuring, Tracking, Monitoring, and Reporting Sustainability and Resilience Progress (Haris Alibašić)....Pages E1-E1 Back Matter ....Pages 117-120