Publisher : Springer Science+Business Media
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Publication year : 2009
Thematic : Community Based Approaches
Language : English
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Sustainable development (SD) is generally recognised as having three
dimensions, ecological, economic and social. Yet, its implementation is burdened with
resistance and conflict rooted in the short-term ‘business as usual’ development model,
opposed to the long-term sustainable benefit of local communities. Hence, the development
of strategies to implement SD projects may require further differentiation of these
dimensions in relation to the contextual situation in which the project resides. In two
studies of SD projects on the Croatian islands, we identify five interlocking spheres of
importance, Spiritual, Political, Economic, Educational and Health, in addition to Ecological.
Each of these spheres is accessible through gate-keepers, individuals or a group of
people who have the authority over the sector and as such, significantly influence public
opinion. We suggest that in this particular island context the sustainability of these projects
may lie with those gate-keepers. Hence, initiating and maintaining SD projects in these
contexts requires a structured and targeted lobbying of these gate-keepers.
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Keywords : Crocidura nigripes
Encoded by : Pauline Carmel Joy Eje