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Robert B. Gibson
Researcher at University of Waterloo
Publications - 48
Citations - 2843
Robert B. Gibson is an academic researcher from University of Waterloo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sustainability & Environmental impact assessment. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 46 publications receiving 2597 citations.
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Governance for sustainable development: moving from theory to practice
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine and elaborate on the central elements of sustainable development and governance, considering their interrelations as they have emerged from the core themes in sustainable development discourses over the past decade and a half.
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Sustainability assessment: basic components of a practical approach
TL;DR: The last few years have brought many experiments with forms of sustainability assessment, applied at the strategic and project levels by governments, private-sector firms, civil society organizatio... as discussed by the authors.
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Beyond the pillars: sustainability assessment as a framework for effective integration of social, economic and ecological considerations in significant decision-making
TL;DR: Sustainability is an essentially integrative concept and it seems reasonable to design sustainability assessment as an essentially integrated process and framework for decision-making on under-approximation as discussed by the authors.
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Learning through evaluation: A tentative evaluative scheme for sustainability transition experiments
Christopher Luederitz,Niko Schäpke,Arnim Wiek,Arnim Wiek,Daniel J. Lang,Matthias Bergmann,Joannette Jacqueline Bos,Sarah Burch,Anna Davies,James Evans,Ariane König,Megan Farrelly,Nigel Forrest,Niki Frantzeskaki,Robert B. Gibson,Braden Kay,Derk Loorbach,Kes McCormick,Oliver Parodi,Felix Rauschmayer,Uwe Schneidewind,Michael Stauffacher,Franziska Stelzer,Gregory Trencher,Johannes Venjakob,Philip J. Vergragt,Henrik von Wehrden,Frances Westley +27 more
TL;DR: In this article, a tentative evaluation scheme for sustainability transitions is presented, in a tentative form, drawing on evaluative research and sustainability transitions scholarship, alongside insights from empirical cases.
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In full retreat: the Canadian government's new environmental assessment law undoes decades of progress
TL;DR: The Canadian Environmental Assessment Act 2012 as discussed by the authors eliminates the core of federal-level environmental assessment in Canada, and the residual potential for effective, efficient and fair assessments will depend heavily on requirements under other federal legislation and on the uneven diversity of provincial, territorial and Aboriginal assessment processes.