Tracking sustainable development with a national barometer for South Africa using a downscaled "safe and just space" framework.

ABSTRACT: Nations in the 21st century face a complex mix of environmental and social challenges, as highlighted by the on-going Sustainable Development Goals process. The "planetary boundaries" concept [Rockström J, et al. (2009) Nature 461(7263):472-475], and its extension through the addition of social well-being indicators to create a framework for "safe and just" inclusive sustainable development [Raworth K (2012) Nature Climate Change 2(4):225-226], have received considerable attention in science and policy circles. As the chief aim of this framework is to influence public policy, and this happens largely at the national level, we assess whether it can be used at the national scale, using South Africa as a test case. We developed a decision-based methodology for downscaling the framework and cr

SUBMITTER: Cole MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4210279 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature