Chapter 4. The Sustainability A-Test

摘要

The Webbook, developed in the course of the Sustainability A-Test project, can be helpful in making integrated assessments for sustainable development for two reasons. First, it outlines what an integrated assessment for sustainable development might look like, and second, it clarifies the role of tools in an integrated assessment and providesrnscientifically underpinned, easily accessible information about these tools to increase tool use and support use of tool combinations. In this way, the Webbook can forge a link between the scientific and policy-making communities.rnThree main entry-points can be found in the Webbook to make the information about the tools easily accessible and to support a user in finding a best suitable tool. These entry-points are:rn1) Tool overview: An interactive representation of all tools. Clicking on a tool shows information about it on the screen. The information is concise and easy to understand for non-experts.rn2) Book of references: A full list of tools, structured according to the fool groups. Clicking on a particular tool will access more detailed and extensive information on that tool. The tool information sheet gives information about how tools cope with a large number of evaluation criteria.rn3) Tool search: An interactive table which informs the user about what integrated assessment could actually involve and about the role of the different tool groups. The table also serves as a guide to help the user going through the process of selecting a suitable tool.