A REAL LOCAL AGENDA FOR THE 21ST CENTURY?

摘要

Five years on from its origins in the Rio Earth Summit, the next crucial step in the LA 21 process appears to be how to connect the steady stream of local strategies being submitted to the LGMB to formal local and national policy-making processes. Paul Selman takes a broad look at LA 21 's achievements and raises some questions for the future. After the razzmatazz of the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 came the practical reality of trying to improve our global prospects for sustainable development. Most commentators on the Rio Summit anticipated that its major outputs would be in the form of global treaties and national programmes. An unexpectedly significant consequence has been the way that local governments have responded by 'greening' their own services and including citizens ih planning their local area.