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Sustainable Development in Regional Development Practice: A Socio-Cultural View of Evaluation

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Abstract

In 1997, the Swedish government proclaimed that sustainable development (SD) should be the lodestar for all public activities (SOU 1997, 105). The following year sustainable development was explicitly introduced as an overarching aim in Swedish regional development politics (Regeringens proposition 1998). The 21 Swedish regions were thus requested to implement and integrate a new goal and perspective, namely SD, as part of their traditional responsibilities to coordinate and promote regional economic growth and employment.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNew Principles in Planning Evaluation
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Pages77-102
Number of pages26
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-315-24800-4
ISBN (Print)978-0-7546-7507-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008

Keywords

  • planning
  • evaluation
  • sustainable development
  • socio-cultural

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