Whose Futures? A Comparative Study of Local Agenda 21 in Mid Wales

Alister J. Scott

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By signing the Agenda 21 declaration from the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992, theUK government committed itself to the preparation of a national sustainabledevelopment plan. To facilitate this process, Chapter 28 of Agenda 21 envisagessigni® cant local-authority-led action for sustainable development at the locallevel (United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED),1992). Termed Local Agenda 21 (LA21) plans, these rely heavily on activecitizen participation and empowerment, thereby challenging the establishedorthodoxy of top-down down models of citizen participation and planning. Thetheory and the rhetoric suggest that LA21 has the potential to bring aboutsubstantive change to current environmental, economic and social systems.However, does LA21 deliver in practice, and what kind of change, if any, iseffected to attain the elusive goal of sustainable development?This paper addresses these concerns with reference to recent research carriedout in Powys and Ceredigion County Councils in rural Wales (Figure 1). Bothare unitary authorities following local government reorganisation in Wales in1996. By examining survey data, minutes of meetings and reports, as well asemploying participant observation techniques, this research documents andcontrasts the philosophy, approach and potential of the LA21 programmes.

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