Governance for the Sustainable Development Goals Exploring an Integrative Framework of Theories, Tools, and Competencies /

• Main Author: Monkelbaan, Joachim (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Sustainable Development Goals Series,
• Subjects: Sustainable development.; Industrial management-Environmental aspects.; Economic development.; Sociology, Urban.; Environmental management.; Sustainable Development.; Sustainability Management.; Development Studies.; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Environmental Management.

This book provides a detailed overview of governance for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The purpose of the unique integrative approach in this book is to address the fragmentation of governance that is a critical barrier to achieving the SDGs. The main question addressed is: What are the...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Objectives, Substantive Issues, and Structure of this Book
• Chapter 2. Overview of Governance Theories that are relevant for the SDGs
• Chapter 3. Laying out Actors and Dynamics in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
• Chapter 4. Exploring Some Specific Case Studies
• Chapter 5. Governance Pillars and Competences: Power, Knowledge, and Norms as Cross-cutting Issues in Governance for the SDGS
• Chapter 6. Inferences on Improving Integrative Sustainability Governance
• Chapter 7. Conclusions: The Integrative Sustainability Governance Framework and ways Forward.