Interdisciplinary planning

Synonyms:

Designing interdisciplinary programmes
Developing intersectoral management techniques

Implementation:

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.

UNESCO has emphasized the importance of interdisciplinary planning and programme design.

Counter Claim:

Increased specialization and the still incomplete understanding of the dynamic interactions between science and technology, education, culture and communication, have added to the difficulty of developing a system of incentives which encourages interdisciplinary programme design and intersectoral management of a more strategic, long-term nature.

Broader:

Planning
Applying interdisciplinarity
Developing management techniques
Adopting planning approaches serving multiple goals

Narrower:

Applying comparative analysis
Planning for environmental factors
Promoting interdisciplinary research on climate change
Strengthening interdisciplinary research on drought prevention strategies

Facilitates:

Improving project programmes
Ensuring sustainability by national development strategy adjustments

Facilitated by:

Using roundtable process
Teaching integrative education
Facilitating interdisciplinary exchanges

Values:

Mismanagement

Organizations:

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
International Institute for Educational Planning
United Nations University

References:

Chen, Kan and Dluhy, Milan J: Interdisciplinary Planning: a perspective for the future
Fried, Jacob and Molnar, Paul: Technological and Social Change: a transdisciplinary model
Kocklemans, Joseph J: Interdisciplinarity and the University: the dream and the reality

Subjects:

Management → Management
Management → Planning
Technology → Technical
Development → Development
Design → Design
Interdisciplinarity → Interdisciplinarity

Type Classification:

C: Cross-sectoral strategies

Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:

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