Indicators of sustainable development: an overview

Verbruggen, H.; Kuik, Onno

doi:10.1007/978-94-011-3246-6_1

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“…Initially, a majority of the SDIs proposed were intended for use at the international, national, regional or other administrative or geographical levels (see, e.g. OECD, 1998;UNCSD, 1996;Verbruggen and Kuik, 1991), and included suggestions on indicators such as withdrawal of freshwater (OECD), sewage connection rates (OECD) and releases of nitrogen and phosphorus (UNCSD) (for review see Lundin, 1999). In the latter half of the 1990s the role and responsibility of companies in the implementation of sustainable development attracted increasing attention, leading to a new set of initiatives, now to develop SDIs for use at the company level.…”

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Sustainable development indicators for wastewater systems – researchers and indicator users in a co-operative case study

Palme

Lundin

Tillman

et al. 2005

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

104

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This paper presents a study where sustainable development indicators (SDIs) for sludge handling and wastewater treatment systems were constructed in co-operation with a large Swedish water company. Results from a life cycle assessment, a risk assessment, an economic assessment and an uncertainty assessment were used as inputs for ranking technical options of sludge handling by use of multi-criteria analysis (MCA). The MCA included assessment of the different technical options, valuation of different, and often conflicting, aspects of sustainability and weighting of various criteria. On basis of the preferences expressed in the MCA, a number of SDIs and, when possible, targets for sustainable development, were formulated. The resulting SDIs reflected economic, environmental, technical and social aspects of sustainable development of sludge handling systems. Where possible, the coverage of the indicators was extended to the entire wastewater system.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Sustainable development indicators for wastewater systems – researchers and indicator users in a co-operative case study

Palme

Lundin

Tillman

et al. 2005

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

104

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“…Its stricter, genuine meaning is that indicators should provide implications for policy, such as insights into the (Braat 1991, OECD 1997, Piorr 2003. To avoid fragmentary, qualitative and excessively detailed information, Verbruggen and Kuik (1991) advocate indicator adequacy. This means that indicators should clearly indicate whether objectives will be met, in quantitative terms, and contain parameters that can be used for longer time periods.…”

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Developing environmental policy indicators by criteria – indicators on the public goods of the Swedish agricultural landscape

Hasund

2011

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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This paper presents a methodology for developing state indicators, reflecting the provision of environmental public goods from agricultural landscapes. The methodology involves a structured use of meta-criteria and criteria for developing indicator variables and indicators, along with a coherent set of indicators. These indicators are aimed at providing a basis for determining agri-environmental payments to farmers. They are estimated at the object level, that is, per field or field element, so payments can be set that lead to an efficient resource allocation, structure of incentives and production. We find that, according to the criteria assessments for the Swedish agri-environmental situation, it is best to use a set of seven composite indicators on arable fields, permanent grasslands, linear elements, point elements, forest edges, bio-rich trees and relics. By estimating the indicators in two case study areas, we show that environmental services vary considerably between objects, indicating that value-differentiated payments may work as an efficient instrument in practical policy making.

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“…In particular, indicator approach is crucial for helping on target setting, performance reviews and facilitating communication among the policymakers, experts and public (Verbruggen & Kuik, 1991). The indicator approach has been used frequently in the management of cities, land use, and the environment (Brandon & Lombardi, 2005;Verbruggen & Kuik, 1991) across the diversity of different cities and regions, which vary according to their particular needs and goals. There are indicators classified as Pressure/Driving Forces indicators in the OECD indicator classification scheme (OECD, 1998(OECD, , 2000.…”

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An evaluation framework for the sustainability of urban land use: A study of capital cities and municipalities in China

Zhang

Shen

2011

Habitat International

100

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Indicators of sustainable development: an overview

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Sustainable development indicators for wastewater systems – researchers and indicator users in a co-operative case study

Sustainable development indicators for wastewater systems – researchers and indicator users in a co-operative case study

Developing environmental policy indicators by criteria – indicators on the public goods of the Swedish agricultural landscape

An evaluation framework for the sustainability of urban land use: A study of capital cities and municipalities in China

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