strategy
Improving planning and management systems
Context:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends such improvements with respect to integrating environment and development in decision-making.
Narrower:
Managing coastsAssessing impactsReforming health systemsImproving farming systemsImproving soil managementImproving basic crop careImproving basic crop carePlanning for sustainabilityCommunicating with employeesImproving urban data systemsMonitoring coastal environmentManaging resources holisticallyImproving solid waste managementImproving wild animal managementImproving management informationDeveloping managerial competenceSystematizing management patternsImproving money management skillsMonitoring risk management systemsImproving management of expatriatesStrengthening water management structureImproving forest resource managementImproving hazardous waste managementDeveloping effective home managementAltering personnel management methodsIndicating need for resource planningImproving human settlement managementProviding integrated pollution controlUpgrading effective marketing managementCorrecting mismanagement of legal systemImproving standard of economic managementImproving international crisis managementResolving competing land use requirementsImproving planning and management methodsStimulating renewable resources managementImproving external debt management capacityImproving external debt management capacityImproving external debt management capacityImproving management skills in rural communitiesImproving management capability for medical careImproving information systems for safety controlImproving diagnosis of resource management issuesImproving management systems for highland valleysCorrecting mismanagement of transportation systemsRecognizing traditional fishery management systemsRecognizing traditional fishery management systemsAdopting planning approaches serving multiple goalsImproving national chemicals management capabilitiesDelegating sustainable development to appropriate levelIncreasing environmental management education capacitiesAdopting integrated approaches to sustainable developmentImproving land and water management by farmers in arid regionsAdvancing environmentally sound technology and management systemsEnsuring new approaches do not marginalize traditional roles of womenAdopting analytical procedures for prior impact assessments of projectsIncorporating sustainable indigenous management systems for land resourcesInvolving local communities in contingency planning on environmental hazardsImproving institutions for transferring integrated pest management technologiesImproving fish yields in inland waters using environmentally sound management methodsManaging landManaging the environmentIncreasing business management expertise Facilitates:
Managing changeManaging natural resourcesManaging technological changeManaging environmental demandMaintaining social managementCoordinating international exchange ratesEnsuring sustainable industrial developmentUtilizing high productivity methods of agricultural managementManaging production Facilitated by:
Improving development modelStructuring databasesImproving education on land managementImproving career development programmes for land and water management staffImproving ability of professionals to report on institutional mismanagementOrganizing time Values:
Mismanagement Subjects:
→ SystemsDevelopment → Reform
Management → Management
Management → Planning
Type Classification:
C: Cross-sectoral strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
