Towards sustainability assessment follow-up
Date
2014Author
Morrison-Saunders, Angus
Pope, Jenny
Bond, Alan
Retief, Francois
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This paper conceptualiseswhat sustainability assessment follow-up might entail for threemodels of sustainability
assessment: EIA-driven integrated assessment, objectives-led integrated assessment and the contribution to
sustainability model. The first two are characterised by proponent monitoring and evaluation of individual
impacts and indicators while the latter takes a holistic viewbased around focused sustainability criteria relevant
to the context. The implications of three sustainability challenges on follow-up are also examined: contested
time horizons and value changes, trade-offs, and interdisciplinarity. We conclude that in order to meet these
challenges some form of adaptive follow-up is necessary and that the contribution to sustainability approach is
the best approach.