Perceptions of sustainable development in a World Heritage site

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While the official goal of sustainable development is a development that balances economic, social and environmental issues, this study finds that stakeholders in Geirangerfjord World heritage site perceive social issues to be the main goal of sustainable development.
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“Many frameworks, theories and tools exist to help operationalize and comprehend the concepts of sustainable development and sustainability. However, knowledge about how the concepts are perceived at a local level is scarce. The objective of this paper is therefore to gain such insight and, through this, to contribute to the understanding of local sustainability dynamics.” (From abstract)

 

Reference: Yttredal, E.R.; Homlong, N. Perception of Sustainable Development in a Local World Heritage Perspective. Sustainability 2020, 12, 8825. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12218825

Figure: Related to sustainable development, social issues are perceived to be of higher importance than environment and economy for local stakeholders in the Geirangerfjord World heritage area.

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