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标题：A lot but not yet enough - a call for more action on sustainability
其他标题：A lot but not yet enough - a call for more action on sustainability
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作者：Grahame Collier ; Rebecca Jones
期刊名称：Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance
印刷版ISSN：1836-0394
电子版ISSN：1836-0394
出版年度：2013
期号：13-14
页码：157-169
DOI：10.5130/cjlg.v0i13/14.3730
语种：English
出版社：University of Technology, Sydney
摘要：The Urban Sustainability Support Alliance (USSA) was a large and multi-faceted NSW wide programme, which was delivered between late 2007 and late 2011, to support NSW Councils in integrating environmental sustainability into their policies, procedures, operations and programs. To support cultural change in 152 government instrumentalities, of different sizes, shapes and demographics, required innovation, connection and credibility. A diverse range of support and development mechanisms was required. The USSA coined the tag line: Supporting Councils on their journey towards sustainability, and was evaluated in 2011. This paper charts the journey and reports on that evaluation. It describes the USSA program: provides judgments about the value of the programme against its intended outcomes; and identifies formative findings for the future so that the necessary support might continue. The USSA was a highly successful program, with more than 85% of respondents from almost 80% of Councils in NSW indicating that the USSA had raised the profile of sustainability ‘a lot’/’a reasonable amount/some’. Of these, 48% indicated that the effect had been substantial. The evaluation report concluded that the USSA has provided ‘a lot, but not yet enough’ support to NSW Councils on the journey towards sustainability, and that there is still more to do.
关键词：Local government; local council; environment; sustainability; policy; programme evaluation;Local government; local council; environment; sustainability; policy; programme evaluation; Urban Sustainability Support Alliance