Selecting Indicators for Sustainable Development of Small Towns: The Case of Valmiera Municipality

Valtenbergs, Visvaldis; Ainhoa, González; Ralfs, Piziks

doi:10.1016/j.procs.2013.12.004

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“…The development of those indicators follows the recommendations related to the formulation of an evaluation framework or measurement indicators for any development programme, such as those formulated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). This organisation recommends the use of simple measures which are defined as parameters that can be tracked over time in order to provide information on trends in the condition of a phenomenon or achievement of a development programme [177]. Those measures provide a sign or a signal that something exists or is true and shows the presence or state of a situation or condition [86].…”

Section: Indicators For the Evaluation Of Spatial Justice And Land Tementioning

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Indicators for Measuring Spatial Justice and Land Tenure Security for Poor and Low Income Urban Dwellers

Uwayezu

Vries

2018

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There exist various indicators that measure land tenure security for urbanites. Most of those indicators measure the degree to which land titling promotes the security of tenure. Based on the reviewed literature, it is admitted that land titling is not a panacea to land tenure security. Measuring the degree of land tenure security should not rely only on the legalisation of landownership. This paper makes a meta-analysis and conceptual modelling to connect spatial justice and land tenure security. It discusses the potential of inclusive urban development grounded on the claim that spatial justice enhances land tenure security. A comprehensive framework of indicators which can measure the degree of land tenure security from a spatial justice lens is thereafter derived. The meta-analysis and conceptual modelling were coupled with research synthesis to perform an in-depth review and qualitative content analysis of the literature on concepts of spatial justice, land tenure security, and urban (re)development processes. This study proposes 60 indicators which measure the degree of spatial justice and land tenure security along a continuum of spatial justice and land tenure security. Those indicators provide a more holistic approach for measuring land tenure security from a spatial justice lens than the separated sets of existing indicators.

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Section: Indicators For the Evaluation Of Spatial Justice And Land Tementioning

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Indicators for Measuring Spatial Justice and Land Tenure Security for Poor and Low Income Urban Dwellers

Uwayezu

Vries

2018

Land

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“…The indicator systems (IS) for sustainable development governance (SDG) had been developing initially on the basis of environmental indicators, later environmental, social and economic dimensions gradually became more evenly balanced and were more often supplemented by the fourth dimension -the governance dimension (Alberta et al 2016;Ernšteins et al 2009Ernšteins et al , 2011Hezri, Dovers 2006;Mascarenhas et al 2010Mascarenhas et al , 2014Moreno, Fidelis 2015;Rinne et al 2013;Valtenbergs et al 2013). Important contribution for practically applicable IS has been given by FAO producing theoretical outlines and practice conclusions.…”

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Municipal Thematical and Territorial Indicator Systems for Sustainable Socio-Ecological Coastal Governance

Kaulins

Ernsteins

Kudreņickis

et al. 2017

Proceedings of 5th International Scientific Conference Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017

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Abstract. There are recognized in Latvia the lack of locally based coastal socio-ecological research knowledge and its interpretation into municipal safety and development planning from one side as well as also only land-side oriented and separate sectorial development interests based coastal municipalities' governance/planning practice from other side. Coastal governance practice development problems solution at the local level are to be seen at both ends of governance cycle -coastal situation evaluation (e.g. science) and policy design and implementation. Overall objective is to create, apply/test and use applicable interface system for integrated coastal science transfer into integrated coastal management (ICM), and so altogether developing whole and flexible integrated coastal governance (ICG) cycle, esp. at the local municipal level, but also coping with vertical integration with other national and international governance levels, as well as horizontal integration with other municipal development sectors. ICG complex interface system has been started to develop step-wise during realization of various research and development projects and particularly by designing and testing both complementary thematical and territorial approaches based municipal indicator systems (IS). Approaches were applied as different cross-sectorial municipal IS (coastal, climate change governance, coastal risk etc.) and, interrelatedly, eventual whole municipal development IS. There was designed and implemented Sustainable development governance IS proposal for Saulkrasti municipality, being used now for supervision of mandatory municipal long term planning document -Sustainable Development Strategy. Further proposals for coastal indicators observatory system for sealand border area administrative territories has to be developed, respecting all types of coastal components as for highly specific socio-ecological systems in the Baltic Sea region area.

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“…Considering environmental, economic, social and external infl uence factors, Koichiro Mori and Aris Christodoulou construct the evaluation system of city sustainable development capability, and evaluated the world's major cities, as well as studied the global impacts of environment, economy and social life among these cities [3]. Valtenbergs Visvaldisa, González Ainhoab and Piziks Ralfs evaluated and chose 15 key ones from many economic, environmental and social indicators, and proposed a foundation model for the future development of small towns [4]. Taking Padua in Italy as an example, Antonio Scipioni, Anna Mazzi, Marco Masonand Alessandro Manzardo chose 61 related indicators from the environmental protection, economic development and social progress to build the multi-indicators evaluation system, and studied urban development capability as well as developed the future development planning of Padua [5].…”

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Evaluation on the Regional Urban Development Capability under the Economic Perspective Based on the Divisor Analysis—Take China's Heilongjiang Province as an Example

Wang¹,

Wei²,

Chan-juan³

et al. 2014

Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics

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Economy is the lifeblood of urban development. Based on the existing model of urban development capability and the economic problems of cities, this paper chose 10 economic indicators and constructed the evaluation system on the urban development capability under the economic perspective. Then, adopting divisor analysis method and taking China's Heilongjiang province as an example, the paper evaluated the economic development capability for 12 main cities in the Heilongjiang province. The result showed that the level of economic development, the potentiality of economic development and the utilization eff iciency of economic energy had remarkable infl uenceson the urban economic development capability; there were more diff erences on the urban development level among cities in Heilongjiang province, and the development of the internal factors is not balanced between these cities. Finally, the paper proposed corresponding suggestions on how to improve the urban development in Heilongjiang province.

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Selecting Indicators for Sustainable Development of Small Towns: The Case of Valmiera Municipality

Cited by 46 publications

References 5 publications

Indicators for Measuring Spatial Justice and Land Tenure Security for Poor and Low Income Urban Dwellers

Indicators for Measuring Spatial Justice and Land Tenure Security for Poor and Low Income Urban Dwellers

Municipal Thematical and Territorial Indicator Systems for Sustainable Socio-Ecological Coastal Governance

Evaluation on the Regional Urban Development Capability under the Economic Perspective Based on the Divisor Analysis—Take China's Heilongjiang Province as an Example

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