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"A Sustainable Future for the South West"

The Regional Sustainable Development Framework for the South West of England

The text hyperlinks below link to pdf files for the original RSDF. You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your machine in order to read pdf files. Click here to download this free software: ADOBE. If you encounter difficulties opening pdf files on your PC (e.g. a blank screen appears), right click on the link, select "Save Target As...." and save file onto your PC from where you should be able to open it without further difficulties. The whole framework document can be downloaded from the bottom of this page.


CONTENTS of the original RSDF (2001):-

Forewords

Chester Long
Jonathon Porritt

1. Sustainable Development and the Region
1.1 Introduction
1.2 What is Sustainable Development?
1.3 What does Sustainable Development mean for the South West?
1.4 Aims of the Framework
1.5 How has the Framework been prepared?

2. The Framework for the South West

2.1 The vision for the region
2.2 The principles
2.3 The regional themes, objectives and indicators

3. Making use of the Framework

3.1 How this Framework can be used
3.2 A Sustainability Checklist for the South West

4. Taking the Framework forward

4.1 Introduction
4.2 The Process
4.3 Promoting the Framework
4.4 Who's Involved?

Appendix
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations

The themes in detail:

Theme 1: Health & Well-Being
Theme 2: Economic Development
Theme 3: Climate Change
Theme 4: Development & Planning
Theme 5: Regional Inequality & Access
Theme 6: Sustainable Communities
Theme 7: Biodiversity & Landscapes
Theme 8: Learning & Skills
Theme 9: Transport
Theme 10: Natural Resources & Waste
Theme 11: Business & Work
Theme 12: Culture & Heritage
Theme 13: Food & Farming
Theme 14: Tourism
Theme 15: Coast & the Maritime Environment

Click here to download the whole RSDF as a single pdf document (5.3 Mb)


On the left-hand side of this web page is the original RSDF launched on 15th March 2001. Note. Sustainability South West was commissioned to refresh and further develop the RSDF. This was developed during 2006/7 under the "South West's Mission for Sustainability":-

'People in the South West of England choose to live, work and prosper within environmental limits, pursuing justice and well-being and valuing diversity and distinctiveness'

The website for the new RSDF, Sustainability Shaper, is www.shapersw.net.



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