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Rowan, Lesley. "Sustainable development indicators and local government." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/1925.
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As the level of goverrument closest to the people, local authorities have been credited with a key role in action towards sustainable development (United Nations, 1992). This thesis describes research which addresses mechanisms for evaluating sustainable development practice by local govemment. A review of approaches to measuring progress, in economic, social and environmental terms, identified sustainable development indicators as an evaluation framework whose applicability to local government warrented further research. A review of research literature highlighted the need for a dynamic and cyclical research approach which would acknowledge the contested and valueladen nature of both sustainable development and the research endeavour. The fieldwork is written up in three stages. The first stage explores the scope for transferring experience from public sector quality and performance indicators work. The second stage is a thin and linear description of the process of Fife Regional Council's role as a pilot authority in a Local Government Board Sustainability Indicators project. The third stage uses the wide range of written and experiential data gathered through the role of Project Consultant/Researcher to the Fife project to present a rich description of 'Sustainability Indicators for Fife'. The dialectic and hermeneutic framework adapted for this study enabled a detailed examination of the iterative movement between the sustainable development framing of the whole report and the process of crafting individual indicators. The study concludes that sustainable development indicators have considerable value as a performance management tool for use in local government, particularly in the context of the Local Agenda 21 and Community Planning initiatives. However, it is the quality and approach to local governance that will have an overiding impact on the achievement of effective action towards sustainable development. Recommendations are made for good practice and for further research.
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Grimley, Paul M. "Indicators of sustainable development in civil aviation." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2006. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/2755.
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Civil aviation provides for large scale, rapid, safe and reliable transport over long distances. In the last half of the 20th century, the reliability of air transport has increased, safety has improved and costs have reduced: the volume of civil aviation has greatly increased and demand continues to rise. The social and economic benefits arising from aviation are substantial while its environmental costs are significant and increasing: with current technologies aviation is considered to be essentially unsustainable. Sustainable development as a concept, arose in the latter part of the 20th century. It may be regarded as a journey of changes through time, a journey navigating a wide range of changes in technology and behaviour thought to be needed to move towards a better level of sustainability. There is a need to apply the principles of sustainable development to the practice of the civil aviation industry. The research on which this thesis is based draws on sustainable development literature, general systems theory and quality principles to derive a holistic and systemic sustainable development model, and a methodology for deriving indicators of sustainable development. These are then applied to the civil aviation system, to select and construct indicators of sustainable development in civil aviation. The indicator selection process is participative, and seeks the views of stakeholders of UK civil aviation. Stakeholders are asked, via a Delphi study, to give their views on the meaning of sustainable aviation, and on the most important aspects of sustainable development in civil aviation. The research proposes a set of 29 indicators for sustainable development in civil aviation, including institutional and regulatory indicators. The research findings suggest that, amongst UK civil aviation stakeholders, there is some consensus on the important sustainability issues facing civil aviation, and on their choice of indicators. There is little understanding of the meaning of sustainable aviation, and disagreement on policies to adopt in favour of sustainable development in aviation. Amongst stakeholders from civil aviation organisations, there is strong opposition to regulatory or economic policies in favour of sustainable development. While the safety of civil aviation is institutionalised, there is evidence to suggest that opposition to other aspects of sustainable development is embedded in the regulatory and operational organisations of civil aviation in the UK.
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Canarslan, Ozgecan. "Evaluation Indicators For Selection Of Sustainable Building Materials." Master's thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12609144/index.pdf.
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Environmental issues have gained importance due to global environmental threat, such as depletion of energy resources and the impacts of climate change. The building sector is responsible for almost half of the impacts on the environment. Hence, this study focuses on the importance of environmental impacts of building materials.
In this regard, firstly, sustainability indicators for building materials were determined and the environmental impacts of selected building materials were studied. Then, the evaluation system BREEAM and the evaluation software BEES were selected and used to evaluate one block of bachelor flats and one of housing units in ODTUKENT, which is located in the Middle East Technical University campus in Ankara, Turkey.
Building materials used for the construction of walls, floors and roofs were evaluated according to the indicators accepted by BREEAM and BEES. The results for both units were compared and it was seen that the block of bachelor flats takes lower ratings than the triplex unit for BREEAM and also lower values for BEES. Therefore, the block of bachelor flats has less environmental impact than the triplex unit.
While evaluating the materials an exact match for all the materials used in the case buildings could not be found in these tools. Hence, it was not possible to exact results for these materials. In this regard, countries should determine their own evaluation indicators and develop their evaluation systems.
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Baker, Keith John. "Sustainable cities : determining indicators of domestic energy consumption." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/4118.
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Barros, Gomes Jose. "Sustainable rehabilitation indicators for public housing in Lisbon." Thesis, University of Salford, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.412301.
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Cunningham, Bryony. "The development and application of sustainable development indicators." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.410977.
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Thinagul, Chongrak. "Modelling sustainable living indicators in Thailand's cities and communities." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.501862.
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Bauler, Thomas. "Indicators for sustainable development: a discussion of their usability." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210705.
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Indicators are still at the heart of the debate on ‘sustainable development’ (SD), whatever the level or stance taken. However, initiatives of ‘indicators for sustainable development’ (ISD) cannot be related to a well-defined object. Facing this heterogeneity, an analysis of the uses and impacts of ISD in decision- and policy-making situations appears to be a necessity. Consequently, the present thesis focalises on the discussion and analysis of the characteristics of ISD-initiatives that are influencing the usability of ISD in decision situations? At a secondary level, the thesis identifies of a key which allows to read and analyse these characteristics, i.e. the usability-profile of ISD-processes, with respect to the configuration of the decision situation. A discussion of the mechanics of decision-making processes and the handling of information within these, identifies that the utilisation of assessments in policy-making can be apprehended with three different characteristics: legitimacy, credibility and salience (L,C,S). Applied to the context of ISD, legitimacy refers to the perception of the policy-actors of the procedural fairness, credibility to the perception of the scientific soundness and salience to the perception of stakeholder- and policy-relevance. A discussion of alternative and existing utilisation-analyses of ISD shows that the L,C,S-framework has sufficient depth and width to figure as a potential, overarching framework of ISD-characteristics. Simultaneously, the confrontation of the L,C,S-framework with the issue domain of SD, as well as a translation of L,C,S on the level of ISD-initiatives, shows that a secondary level of analysis is necessary. The linkages between an L,C,S-based analysis of the usability-profiles of ISD, the principles of SD and the policy making processes can be identified to be best discussed at the level of the institutionalisation of ISD, i.e. the ‘institutional embeddedness’ of ‘soft’ information-processes for SD-management into public decision-making culture. ISD can be identified as ‘boundary organisations’, i.e. objects which are set to facilitate the interactions between different existing actor arenas which have different cultures of understanding, constructing, organising and digesting information. We propose thus to add to the analysis of the usability of ISD, a second, institutional axis which allows to situate the mechanics of L,C,S between actor arenas, and allows to conceive a ‘usability-profile’ for ISD-initiatives.
The institutional reading of ISD-initiatives is than developed further. In order to enhance their usability, ISD-processes need to be governed and steered: their usability can be managed and co-constructed through the lenses of the three usability-characteristics. Simultaneously, ISD are themselves acknowledged as being part of the government- and governance-instruments of the SD-domain. By translating information between actor-arenas, ISD foster a ‘governance-enhancing’ function, which in the end renders ISD as being part of the steering (or governance) instruments of SD. As a consequence, the enhancement or even management of the usability of ISD will distil down to ‘steer the steering’. Such a double-bound governance function can be addressed as ‘reflexive governance’, i.e. the governance of the governance instrument.
Doctorat en environnement, Orientation gestion de l'environnement
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Vuyani, Lingela Gratitude. "A national evaluation of sustainability indicators." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30432.
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Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this documentDissertation (M Inst Agrar ( Sustainable Ecological Management))--University of Pretoria, 2007.
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Lim, Sang Seop. "Development of forest aesthetic indicators in sustainable forest management standards." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42871.
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Forest aesthetic indicators are an important aspect of the social component of sustainable forest management (SFM) standards. However, SFM standards have few aesthetic indicators, especially at an international level. A possible reason for this is that public awareness of forest aesthetic values has often been regarded as unscientific or even contradictory to the ecological knowledge of forestry experts and that aesthetic values vary according to the cultural backgrounds of the individuals involved in any assessment. In response to the current lack of aesthetic indicators in SFM standards, several questions have been raised: (1) Does the public think forest aesthetic values are important and to what degree in terms of SFM, (2) Is there any consensus on the aesthetic values among the public and between the public and forestry experts, (3) Are there any differences in perspectives on the absence of aesthetic considerations in SFM standards between the experts participating in the creation and revision of SFM C&I and experts in the fields of forest aesthetics, and (4) How can aesthetic values be effectively and efficiently assessed? In order to address these questions, three surveys were conducted involving the public and experts in four countries. The survey revealed no significant differences in priorities for forest aesthetic values amongst selected groups of public respondents in Korea, China, Japan and Canada. However, significant differences existed between forestry experts and the public. Forest aesthetic values were rated as relatively important by the general public, but both types of experts generally rated the importance of aesthetics higher than did the public. Three major reasons for the lack of aesthetic indicators were provided by the SFM and aesthetic experts: a lack of aesthetic training amongst those designing criteria and indicators; a bias against aesthetics, which are often considered to be highly subjective; and the general omission of people with knowledge of aesthetics during the development of SFM standards. Ten possible aesthetic indicators that could be used in future SFM schemes were developed in this study. The indicators presented here and the direct involvement of aesthetic experts would improve the ability of current SFM frameworks to balance effectively social, environmental and economic values.
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Miller, Graham A. "The development of indicators for the promotion of sustainable tourism." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2001. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/1025/.
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Mineur, Eva. "Towards sustainable development : Indicators as a tool of local governance." Doctoral thesis, Umeå : Department of Political Science, Umeå Universitet, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1428.
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Boisvert, Alaya, Sarah Cheevers, Erin Romanchuk, and Karen Stroebel. "Measuring Success : Indicators for Strategic Approaches to Sustainable Community Planning." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2836.
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Understanding successful community planning and transparently monitoring the process through indicators is essential for empowering communities to move towards a sustainable future. This paper investigates two key categories of indicators: 1) socio-ecological indicators and 2) process indicators. The Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development, the foundation of this research, offers a science-based and principled definition of sustainability, as well as a method for structuring, evaluating and informing the design of indicators. A universally applicable set of community planning process indicators has been devised through ‘backcasting’. First, a list of Success Criteria for an ideal sustainable community planning process was developed. To determine the gaps that require monitoring, general practices in current planning were next assessed against this vision of success. Indicators were then brainstormed to measure closure of the highlighted gaps and movement towards success. Finally, these indicators were evaluated against a comprehensive list of ideal indicator characteristics. In summary, applying whole systems and strategic approaches to identifying and designing indicators can be relevant in any context. Process indicators provide the structure in which to monitor planning at every level and across disciplines so that appropriate socio-ecological indicators can then be derived, while simultaneously ensuring more effective governance.Alaya Boisvert - alaya.boisvert@gmail.com Sarah Cheevers - sacheevers@yahoo.com Erin Romanchuk - erinroser@gmail.com Karen Stroebel - kstroebel@gmail.com
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Gahin, Randa F. "Indicators as a tool to help create sustainable communities : a study of the outcomes of five community indicators projects /." view abstract or download file of text, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p1405195.
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Thesis (M.C.R.P.)--University of Oregon, 2001.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 172-178). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Hernandes, Emilie. "Sustainable Development in egg production : Perceived key challenges farmers face in Germany." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-302770.
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The subject matter of this paper is a comparative review of egg production systems for theircontribution to sustainable development of egg production in order to assess the perceived challenges of eggfarmers in Germany. The thesis features a case study which presents two farms located in Germany, andimplementing different farming methods. The floor-range farming method and the organic system illustrate thisexample. The methodological approach is based on a three-phase framework, in which significant issuesconcerning sustainable development are presented (Phase 1), the significant issues are translated into sustainableindicators (Phase 2), and the contribution of sustainable indicators to sustainable development is assessed (Phase3). Phase 1 and 2 build on an extensive literature review and farmers consultation. Phase 3 relies on numericalcomparisons. A comparative analysis of the empirical data is based on theories and the developed conceptualframework. Based on the comparison of two specific farms, the results of this work indicate that the organicfarming system reveals the least negative contribution to sustainable development of egg production in Germany.The floor-range farming system shows a slightly more negative contribution to sustainable developmentcompared with the organic EPS. The organic farming system, therefore, is considered the better animal-friendlysystem. It is certainly noteworthy to mention that the organic system however fail to contribute to sustainabledevelopment from an economic perspective. Thus, the main perceived challenge for the organic farmer is tooperate his organic business in a more profitable way. The floor-range system on the other hand, succeeds tocontribute to sustainable development in economic terms, but fails to contribute positively from an ecologicaland social perspective. Therefore, the farmer operating the floor-range EPS needs to improve the ecological aswell as social conditions on his farm in order to achieve an equal positive contribution to sustainabledevelopment.
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Potts, Tavis William. "Sustainability indicators in marine capture fisheries." Connect to this title online, 2003. http://eprints.utas.edu.au/234/.
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Lord, Richard. "South Africa a sustainable future : performance indicators for government and business." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53596.
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Study project (MBA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2003.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This assignment tries to provide insight into the reasons required for the formulation of sustainability performance indicators. It develops two sets of performance indicators for government and business respectively, to be used in an attempt to create a sustainable South Africa. It is approached in a very distinctive manner with two specific focus areas. Firstly, it examines the requirements of government, as this allows for the creation of a foundation upon which business can prosper, and examines the requirements with which to create this foundation. Secondly, once a sound foundation is laid, this paper examines the requirements of business that is believed to provide guidelines for shaping their sustainability. All this is done against a backdrop of the principles of good governance endorsed both internationally and in South Africa.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie dokument probeer om lig te werp op die redes vir die formulering van prestasie aanwysers vir volhoubare ontwikkeling, en struktureer twee stelle aanwysers vir die regering en besighede, om hulle volhoubaarheid te ondersteun in Suid-Afrika. Daar is twee spesifieke fokusareas. Eerstens word verwys na die regering, en die vereistes waarop die fondasie gebou kan word waarop besighede kan floreer. Tweedens word gekyk na wat van besighede verlang word om verder volhoubare riglyne te omhels. Dit word alles gedoen teen die agtergrond van goeie regerings-en besigheidspraktyke, wat tans internasionaal en plaaslik beoefen word.
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Linser, Stefanie. "Critical analysis of the basics for the assessment of sustainable development by indicators /." Freiburg (Breisgau) : Institut für Forstpolitik, Arbeitsbereich Landnutzungspolitik, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 2002. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy043/2003437735.html.
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So, Siu-chung Erik. "The role of sustainable indicators in measuring sustainability a case study of Taipei /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2004. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B4257755X.
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Rahman, Syed Mohammad Shafiqur, and syedrahman@student rmit edu au. "Sustainable housing and outcomes of the Cairnlea ecohome." RMIT University. Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, 2010. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20100329.164750.
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The effect of global warming is a growing concern for the global community. This concern is reflected in politics, business, corporate charters, local government charters, electronic and print media and so on. The core to this issue is green house gas (GHG) emissions due to anthropogenic activities. In a developed country such as Australia, residential green house gas emissions are responsible for about 20% of its total GHG emissions. Therefore, sustainability in the housing sector is important towards overall reduction of GHG emissions. Australia's progress in sustainable housing is discussed. There are legislation and financial incentives towards sustainable housing. All the states and territories and the Commonwealth provide financial incentives for PV energy, rain water tank, solar hot water systems to supplement high initial set up cost. A number of high quality rating tools are developed in Australia to facilitate and administer energy efficient design for residential and commercial buildings. There are many good examples of sustainable housing throughout Australia. The Ecohome at Cairnlea, Melbourne is a demonstration home as well as part of this research project. This standard home added with 'off the shelf' sustainable features and having a FirstRate star rating of 6 stars is intended for the volume home market. This thesis presents sustainability outcomes of the Ecohome. Thermal performance of the Ecohome is presented qualitatively and quantitatively. Monitoring data from 14 months' show that approximately two-thirds of the time, indoor temperatures remained in comfort zone (18-26 C) without artificial heating or cooling. Monitoring of indoor air quality included carbon dioxide, humidity and carbon monoxide. Monitoring data from sealed house and while the residents were living in are presented. Humidity level was within 35-45% most of the time while carbon dioxide was under recommended level (1080ppm) in the lower floor (living area and kitchen). Carbon monoxide level within the house was negligible. Significant energy and water savings were realised in the Ecohome. On per capita basis, 45% savings in water usage, 30% savings in electricity usage while similar gas usage was observed compared to average Melbourne home. Residents' feedback on sustainable features was mostly positive (except sisal carpet). Several thermal performance indicators are proposed and presented. These include 'Attenuation Factor', 'Time Lag', 'Heating and Cooling Need' in degree hours, 'Degree C Warmer' and 'Percentage Time in Comfort Zone'. Some of these concepts were used by some authors with different nomenclature; therefore, an attempt was made to unify them. Monitoring data was utilized to measure thermal performance of the Ecohome using these indicators. Prediction of indoor temperature when outside temperature is known is of much interest. Statistical and empirical methods were employed for this purpose. Both statistical method and Givoni method produce reasonably good prediction with deviations from actual observations being in the range of 2 to 3 deg C. This research provides valuable monitoring results in this emerging field. Proposed thermal performance indicators are a significant contribution to the body of knowledge.
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Wong, Kit-shan Wesley, and 黃潔珊. "The evaluation of Hong Kong's performance in sustainable transport by international indicators." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31261358.
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MOURA, IURI BARROSO DE. "BRT TRANSOESTE: ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL INDICATORS FOR SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2014. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=25321@1.
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Este estudo apresenta uma avaliação do projeto BRT Transoeste, no município do Rio de Janeiro - RJ, sob a perspectiva da mobilidade e do desenvolvimento urbano sustentáveis. O BRT Transoeste consiste no primeiro sistema Bus Rapid Transit implantado no município e foi proposto inicialmente visando atender a compromisso, em termos de mobilidade urbana, da Prefeitura da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro com o Comitê Olímpico Internacional – COI para realização dos Jogos Olímpicos de 2016. Este sistema, que atravessa bairros das Áreas de Planejamento 4 (Barra da Tijuca) e 5 (Zona Oeste) da cidade, foi concebido para exercer a função de sistema estruturador de transporte de passageiros de sua área de influência. Com o auxílio de Sistema de Informações Geográficas - SIG, foram analisados indicadores associados à cobertura espacial do sistema, às condições de circulação no espaço urbano, ao uso e a ocupação do solo e ao ordenamento territorial em sua Área de Influência Direta. Os resultados obtidos a partir da análise destes indicadores espaciais foram avaliados através de seis princípios de desenho ou projeto para cidades sustentáveis desenvolvidos pelo Grupo de Pesquisa Móbile, da COPPE/UFRJ. Estes princípios evidenciam a necessidade de integração do planejamento de transporte e do uso do solo para promoção da mobilidade e do desenvolvimento urbano sustentáveis.This study presents a BRT Transoeste project evaluation in the city of Rio de Janeiro, from a sustainable mobility and urban development perspective. The BRT Transoeste is the first Bus Rapid Transit system implemented in the municipality and was proposed initially to fufill the agreement between Rio de Janeiro City Government and the International Olympic Committee for the 2016 Olympic Games. This system crossing the city neighborhoods in Planning Area 4 (Barra da Tijuca) and 5 (West Side) was envisioned to work as a passenger transportation structuring system for its area of influence. The Geographic Information System – GIS helped analyze indicators associated with the system s spatial coverage, urban space circulation conditions, land occupation, use and zoning laws in its direct area of influence. The Móbile Research Group (COPPE/UFRJ) developed six principles for sustainable city design to analyze results obtained for these spatial indicators. These principles make clear the need to integrate transportation and land use planning to promote sustainable mobility and urban development.
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Singh, Rohit. "Integrating the planning of green spaces and sustainable drainage systems." Thesis, Abertay University, 2012. https://rke.abertay.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/0a86d97d-4a27-429a-8dae-6afa03659ca9.
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In recent times urban flooding has become more frequent and more complex due to the effects of increasing urban areas and climate change. In some established urban areas the existing drainage infrastructure is unable to cope with the volume of surface runoff and flooding events are more frequent, therefore new approaches to create more space for water within developments are required. This research was conceived in that context. It aims to investigate the potential for integrating green space planning with water planning and to develop a framework for the same in order to reduce the risk of flooding. An extensive literature review was carried out in the areas of urban planning, water planning, planning legislations, and issues related to integrating green space and water planning. The review identified the need for an inclusive framework which could integrate aspects of green space and storm water planning more holistically to achieve greater spatial planning efficiency. To satisfy this need, a conceptual framework was developed which took into consideration the opinions of various stakeholders. The conceptual framework included green spaced planning for SUDS, recreational and storm water indicators and a mechanism for integrated evaluation of SUDS for recreation and storm water management. The conceptual framework provided a joint approach where both engineers and planners will need to work together for the development of integrated storm water and green space plans. The framework showed processes for both disciplines and also indicates how spatial planning and water planning interfaced so that there was clarity of roles. In order to evaluate integrated plans, an ‘integrated evaluation tool’ was developed which uses indicators from both the areas of green space planning and water planning. The evaluation tool also contained a scoring system which can be used to select storm water management options with more recreational potential. The tool provides a mechanism to balance the requirements of recreation and storm water management so that more holistic solutions can be developed by teams of engineers and planners. The conceptual framework and the integrated evaluation tool were applied to two case study catchments. Results from the case studies showed the relationship of spatial planning and flooding. It further tested whether recreational aspects could be integrated into storm water planning. A number of drainage options were tested to show the application of the evaluation tool under various scenarios. This results of the research showed that the conceptual framework was appropriate in both case study areas even though the areas had different patterns of development. It is therefore proposed that the approach has potential for wider application in other geographical areas. Results from the two areas also showed that the integrated approach established in this research could enhance the recreational aspects associated with urban storm water management. The framework presented in this thesis will potentially be of use to a wide range of stakeholders such policy makers, local authorities, water companies, consultants and researchers. It could also be useful in informing the evolution of planning policies and technical guidance associated with water and green space planning.
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Cheng, Rosangela Fung Ping. "An exploratory study on developing a framework for adopting community-oriented approach in constructing 3D social-based sustainable development indicators /." View abstract or full-text, 2005. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?SOSC%202005%20CHENG.
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Richard, Florian. "Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting and Indicators." Thesis, KTH, Mark- och vattenteknik (flyttat 20130630), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-171851.
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Over the past few years, the expectations of stakeholders regarding Sustainable Development have strengthened the importance of CSR or Sustainable Development practices in companies. In France, NRE laws and more recently the Grenelle Environment Forum required from companies to disclose and publish information on environmental, social and societal issues. On the international level, the Global Reporting Initiative gives a framework for CSR reporting. Companies tend to improve their CSR policies by setting action plans, objectives, and publishing dedicated reports. Subsequently, to assess their performance, companies need to design specific indicators in order to measure environmental, social and societal information. It is all the more challenging that intangible information, such as biodiversity or human capital, are very difficult to evaluate. Still, when comparing the performance of companies, even in the same sector of activity, it appears that indicators are actually very hetero-geneous and do not allow to perform a proper comparison. This thesis will explore current practices of CSR or Sustainable Development reporting and more specifically the use of indicators in the private sector as well as their limitations and areas for improvement. A mutli-method approach, including a literature review, a case-study and an interview, has been used to perform the research.
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Palmqvist, Theresa. "An Assessment of Sustainable Development Work in Swedish Municipalities." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-254818.
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The research paper assesses the local sustainable development work in Sweden. A theoretical framework has been constructed and applied to six Swedish municipalities. The framework is based on a holistic view and incorporates the structural (integration in the municipality, use of a management system), inclusive (involvement of the citizens), analytical (use of sustainable development indicator) and systematic (framework for sustainable development, sustainability policies) perspective of sustainable development work. In particular, the use and implementation of sustainable development indicators was in the research focus. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to examine the sustainable development work on the local level. The assessment showed that sustainable development work is to a different extent integrated in the municipality. Some municipalities have dedicated teams working with sustainable development, in other municipalities lies the responsibility on the department chefs. Overall, the municipalities try with the resources they have to work at their best for a sustainable future for their municipality. However, there is room for improvement in terms of structural implementation, use of effective tools and involvement of the citizens.
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Topcuoglu, Merve Mehlika. "Energy Indicators For Sustainable Development: Comparison Of Turkey And Selected European Union Countries." Master's thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613555/index.pdf.
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The aim of this study is to compare the sustainable development perspective of Turkey
with selected European Union countries in terms of Energy Indicators for Sustainable
Energy between 1980-2008. The study is conducted in a comparative and descriptive
way by using energy indicators. The common energy policy priorities of Turkey and
European Union are determined in the light of recent literature. An energy indicator set
is constructed according to energy priorities, namely, energy efficiency and energy
intensityenergy security and fuel mix
and environmental concerns. The analysis of relevant indicators demonstrates that Turkey does not meet the sustainability criteria in terms of energy use. In general, findings of the study indicate that Turkey does not use energy efficiently and energy intensities in the economy do not decrease except for the industry sector, for the period 1980-2008. Import dependency has increased and fuel mix of energy sources is dominantly carbon based. Expectations about increasing renewable energy share do not exhibit a significant trend thus energy security and fuel mix are still important issues for Turkey. Lastly, environmental protection in terms of decreasing GHG emissions, air pollution and deforestation could not be achieved as GHG emissions, air pollution and deforestation have increased in Turkey during 1980- 2008 period.
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Raimond, dit Yvon Margaux. "Defining Local Sustainability: Usage and Potentialities of Sustainable Development Indicators in French Cities." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-204944.
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This study focuses on the sustainable development indicators at a local level. For twenty years indicators have been validated both by the international and the French frameworks as a tool for local sustainability. Identifying and developing a set of indicators demands a reflection on the sustainable development theories and represents a passageway from theory to practice, crystallizing all the unanswered questions left or discrepancies between theories. Analyzing the content of sustainable development indicators (i.e., not how the numerical value is provided but what it measures) seem to be an interesting path to look for what dimensions and interpretations of sustainable development are taken into account by the cities and intercommunalities and how this can give clues on their interpretation of urban sustainability. It is also an opportunity to explore how the indicators are used and if the municipalities are taking advantages of all their potentialities. After a classification and analysis of more than 1800 indicators distributed between 21 French cities and intercommunalities, several observations have been made. First of all, the different facets on sustainability are taken into account and the connections with French policies are made. However, the quality and coherence are very diverse and uneven from one city and another. The municipalities lack transparency about the evolution of indicators and they are not taking advantages of the communication potential of the indicators towards the public. Also, the indicators are rarely if ever kept on the long term so far. To sum up, indicators of sustainability at a local level represent a way to push the debates and views over sustainable development on a new level. But they are also encountering obstacles from a lack of knowledge and because of the difficulty to define and apply sustainable development. If knowledge and pedagogy are slowly spreading, much is left to learn about how to create a shareable vision of the future as well as common values and a common culture within a community.
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So, Siu-chung Erik, and 蘇兆聰. "The role of sustainable indicators in measuring sustainability: a case study of Taipei." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4257755X.
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OLIVEIRA, KAREN PIRES DE. "INTERNATIONAL BIODIVERSITY REGIME: CONFRONTING SUSTAINABILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS INDICATORS FOR THE PROMOTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2009. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=13914@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROEste estudo tem por objetivo analisar a capacidade do Regime Internacional da Biodiversidade (RIB) em resolver o problema de perda da diversidade biológica. Considerando que regimes são efetivos quando servem para solucionar os problemas que motivaram sua criação, este exercício se fundamentou no cruzamento de dois modelos de avaliação: o modelo pressão-estado-resposta, e o modelo de avaliação da efetividade de regimes ambientais. Como resultado, argumenta-se que é possível dar uma visão instrumental ao Regime da Biodiversidade de modo que ele seja visto como um indicador de sustentabilidade ambiental, através de seu grau de efetividade. Neste sentido, utilizando-se do caso exemplar da Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável de Mamirauá, discutiu-se a contribuição dos diferentes atores envolvidos na implementação do RIB e, em que medida os mecanismos de cooperação internacional e financiamento propiciam o fortalecimento institucional necessário para a implementação do Regime. Na conclusão, observou-se que o RIB viabiliza o arcabouço institucional diversificado que contempla a flexibilidade administrativa necessária para gestão e captação de recursos na solução da perda de diversidade biológica. Sua efetividade, entretanto, está diretamente ligada a um processo político onde através do diálogo entre atores estatais e sociedade civil global é possível estabelecer um fluxo continuado de experiências, entre o local/global, que em muito contribui para redução da perda de diversidade biológica, ampliando estoques de recursos naturais e, conseqüentemente, contribuindo para a promoção do desenvolvimento sustentável.
The goal of this study is to analyze the capacity of the International Biodiversity Regime (IBR) to resolve the problem of the biology diversity loss. Considering that regimes are effective when they serve to solve the problems that caused his creation, this exercise was based on the crossroad of two models of evaluation: the model pression-state-answer and the model of evaluation of the effectiveness of the environmental regimes. As the result, it is argued that is possible to give an instrumental vision to the Biodiversity Regime, in way, throught his degree of effectiveness, it is seen as an indicator of environmental sustainability. In this sense, using the exemplary case of the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, there was discussed the contribution of the different actors wrapped in the implementation of the IBR and in which measure the mechanisms of international cooperation and financing can favor institutional strengthening necessary to the Regime implementation. In the conclusion, it was observed that the IBR make practical the institutional diversified outline that contemplates administrative necessary flexibility for management and resources collectation in the solution of the biology diversity loss. His effectiveness, however, is straightly connected with a political process, where throught the dialog state actors and civil global society is possible to settle a continuated flow of experiences, between the local and the global, which in much contributes to the reduction of the biological diversity loss, enlarging the natural resources stocks and consequently, contributing to the promotion of the sustainable development.
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CASTRO, THIAGO QUINTELLA. "INDICATORS AND METRICS FOR SUSTAINABLE CENTERS FOR DIFFUSION OF SCIENCE, EDUCATION AND CULTURE." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2016. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=29389@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROCOORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
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O objetivo da dissertação é propor um conjunto de indicadores e métricas de desempenho em sustentabilidade para Centros de Difusão de Ciência, Educação e Cultura (CDCEC), tomando-se como espaço de aplicação a Fundação Planetário da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro (FPCRJ). Esses indicadores e métricas integram um modelo de monitoramento e avaliação (MA) de desempenho sustentável, desenhado especialmente para CDCEC. O modelo combina a metodologia consagrada de Balanced Scorecard (BSC) com a abordagem de avaliação de sustentabilidade corporativa, disseminada pela Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), por meio de suas diretrizes para elaboração de relatórios de sustentabilidade. Nessa perspectiva, considerou-se de alta relevância um novo olhar sobre os modelos de gestão dos CDCEC e, em particular, o da Fundação Planetário da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, levando-se em consideração o espaço que os serviços culturais e de ensino ocupam no setor de serviços e na economia como um todo. Ressalta-se que até o momento a GRI não divulgou um conjunto de diretrizes setoriais orientadas para CDCEC e organizações congêneres, abrindo-se, portanto, uma oportunidade de contribuição acadêmica para o aperfeiçoamento de seus suplementos setoriais. A pesquisa pode ser considerada descritiva e aplicada. Quanto aos meios de investigação, a metodologia compreende pesquisa bibliográfica e documental; análise de experiências internacionais de CDCEC e de referenciais normativos de avaliação da sustentabilidade aplicáveis a CDCEC; desenvolvimento de um modelo de monitoramento e avaliação (MA) de desempenho em sustentabilidade de CDCEC; aplicação do modelo de MA na FPCRJ, mediante um estudo de caso; discussão dos resultados do estudo de caso; e formulação das conclusões e recomendações. Destacam-se como resultados principais um conjunto de indicadores e métricas de desempenho em sustentabilidade para CDCEC, que integram um modelo de monitoramento e avaliação de gestão sustentável, desenvolvido especialmente para essas organizações.
The objective of this dissertation is to propose a set of indicators and metrics for assessing the sustainability performance of Centers for Diffusion of Science, Education and Culture (CDSEC), whose applicability was demonstrated through a case study at the Fundação Planetário da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro (FPCRJ). These indicators and metrics, in turn, integrate a monitoring and evaluation (ME) model that combines the methodology of Balanced Scorecard (BSC) with the Sustainability Reporting Guidelines established by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Within the context in which the research is situated, it is assumed that this effort will contribute to a broader understanding of sustainability assessment tools in CDSEC, emphasizing economic, social, and environmental sustainability issues. It is important to mention that until the present moment, the Global Reporting Initiative did not released a set of sectorial Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, especially addressed to CDSEC, as already occurs to other sectors. This opened a window of opportunity for academic research aiming at improving the GRI sectoral guidelines. This research can be considered applied and descriptive. The methodology encompasses literature review and documentary research; analysis of international experiences of CDSEC and selected normative references for assessing the sustainability of CDSEC; design of a monitoring and evaluation (ME) model for assessing sustainability performance of CDSEC; a case study carried out at the FPCRJ; discussion of the case study results; and formulation of conclusions and recommendations. The main result of this research is an innovative monitoring and evaluation (ME) model, especially designed for assessing the performance of CDSEC, from the perspective of corporate sustainability.
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Adams, Gregory Keith. "Relating facility performance indicators to organizational sustainability performance in public higher education facilities." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/33854.
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This research seeks to identify how an organization's facility management (FM) practices relate with the state of sustainability in the organization. A review of the literature leads to presentation of a model defining these relationships. The concepts of direct and indirect FM sustainability roles in organizational sustainability are presented. Accepted facility metrics found in the APPA Facilities Performance Indicator Survey are used as indicators of FM in University System of Georgia institutions and are tested for correlation with sustainability best practices scores generated in an assessment performed for this research. FM performance indicators representing the direct role of FM are not found to be correlated with organizational sustainability best practicesin USG higher education organizations.
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Janse, van Rensburg Heidi. "Standards and indicators for sustainability in South African businesses." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/14334.
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Sustainability reporting is becoming increasingly important, and governments and stock exchanges of many countries require or strongly encourage businesses to provide some level of sustainability reporting. South Africa is one of few emerging market economies and the only country in Africa which show substantial sustainability reporting activities. In South Africa, sustainable development has been recognised at a constitutional and legislative level. Companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) must integrate sustainability reporting with financial reporting, or explain why they are not complying. Establishing a suitable sustainability reporting framework should therefore be part of the strategic integration of sustainability with other aspects of organisational planning and decision-making. This study suggests such a framework of standards and indicators for sustainability reporting in South African businesses, and evaluates it in South African listed companies. Mixed methods research was used in two phases. In phase 1, a critical analysis of the literature produced a framework of standards and indicators to be used as a measure to evaluate sustainability reporting in South Africa. In phase 2, first hand, original data was collected by performing a quantitative content analysis of sustainability reports of 84 companies listed on the Johannesburg stock exchange with the aim to identify standards and indicators that are applied in the content of sustainability reports in South Africa. Quantitative content analysis involves analysing material and then classifying it into various coding units or themes found in the material - it is a systematic way of converting text to numerical variables for quantitative data analysis.
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Pohl, Eva. "Towards Corporate Sustainable Development : The ITT Flygt Sustainability Index." Licentiate thesis, Mälardalen University, Department of Public Technology, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-145.
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This thesis suggests a method for measurement of corporate contribution to sustainable development, looking at how well a company stands up to its policies and commitments regarding sustainable development.
A sustainability index is developed and calculated for ITT Flygt AB over a three years period (2002-2004). The index structure is based on scientific literature and interviews with ITT Flygt and four other engineering companies.
The purpose of the index is to support corporate sustainability-management.
The index is calculated by aggregating some forty sustainability-indicators. These indicators are individual to each company and are designed to measure the significant sustainability aspects of the company.
Besides from providing one aggregated sustainability-value of the company, the index also provides sub-indices, which support the interpretation of the index result.
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Castillo, Nicodemus Herb. "A methodological approach for indicator-based sustainable transport assessment." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2004. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7696.
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Sustainable transport is now a popular goal of transport planning. As with any aspiration, systems and mechanisms are required to assess and gauge success in achieving this policy goal. There is increasing reliance on sustainable transport indicators as appropriate tools for this purpose. The usefulness and credibility of any indicator-based assessment will undoubtedly depend on the specific indicators utilised. As such, indicators must be selected carefully to maximise their contribution to the sustainable transport decision making process. A review of current applications of sustainable transport indicators has revealed however, that they are typically selected in an ad hoc and arbitrary fashion. Development of a framework that facilitates transparent and systematic indicator selection would therefore represent a significant advance in transport research. In that regard, this thesis presents the Evaluative and Logical Approach to Sustainable Transport Indicator Compilation (ELASTIC), a methodological framework which provides a flexible, participatory and systematic mechanism for identifying and selecting key sustainable transport indicators. The output of ELASTIC is the Transport Sustainability Profile (TSP), a small un-aggregated suite of sustainable transport indicators which together can provide a snapshot of the sustainability of a transport system. Using various multi-criteria and statistical techniques, ELASTIC applies a robust process to evaluate and select indicators based on their analytical soundness and their relevance to key objectives of sustainable transport. A generic and transferable tool, ELASTIC is capable of application at different geographical scales as well as to non-transport sustainability assessment. For the purpose of this research, the framework is demonstrated through application to England, UK where the judgements of relevant Academics and Transport Planners are elicited and entered into the ELASTIC framework to systematically select a subset of 15 indicators from an initial set of 200. By disaggregating the sample of stakeholders into regional groupings, different context-specific suites of indicators for the regional groupings were also derived. The demonstration confirms ELASTIC to be an inclusive and practical approach to compiling a suite of sustainable transport indicators specific to context and which reflects the unique values of key stakeholders.
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Dóñez, Francisco Juan. "Sustainability indicators for rural industrialization in Latin America." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29828.
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de, Miguel Ramos Carlos. "Assessment Based on Indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals in Spain : A Data Science Approach." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-276705.
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The global sustainable development has been marked by the United Nations plans for more than two decades. These plans have been adopted by most of the developed and developing countries to achieve the 2030 Agenda, currently formed by the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Governments and policy-makers cannot make conscious decisions regarding sustainability progress without knowledge about how well the country is performing this path. This study assessed the evolution of each SDG in Spain through their indicators and whether correlation and dependency between the stated targets exist. Goals 1, 2, 6, 8 and 11 were the less evolved, those which were undergoing a slower process or a negative evolution over the years. The correlation analysis delivered a quick guide of relationships amidst targets to help the appropriate ministries to make prompt decisions knowing which fields will be affected largely. Goal 3 (Good health and well-being) was strongly linked with indicators from Goal 4 (Quality education) and also Goal 6 (Clean water and sanitation). Furthermore, indicators from Goal 7 (Affordable and clean energy) shared a high correlation with the ones from Goal 12 (Responsible consumption and production) and Goal 15 (Life on land). All together obtained 60% share of positive interactions and almost 80% of significant interplays between the targets. Correlation does not imply causality, so multiple linear regression analysis set true numerical relationships and revealed how to enhance certain targets by leveraging others. Less developed indicator was taken as dependent variables and the final independent ones were defined using shrinkage methods. The procedure to reach these expressions could be used to establish the dependency between other relevant indicators and getting the assessment of the performance of this country afterwards.Den globala hållbara utvecklingen har präglats av FN:s planer i mer än två decennier. Dessa planer har antagits av de flesta av de utvecklade länderna och utvecklingsländerna för att uppnå agenda 2030, som för närvarande bildas av de 17 globala målen för hållbar utveckling (SDG). Regeringar och beslutsfattare kan inte fatta medvetna beslut om hållbarhetsframsteg utan kunskap om hur väl landet presterar denna väg. Denna studie undersökte utvecklingen av varje SDG i Spanien genom deras indikatorer och huruvida korrelation och beroende finns mellan de angivna målen. Mål 1, 2, 6, 8 och 11 var de mindre utvecklade. De genomgick en långsammare process eller hade negativ utveckling under åren. Korrelationsanalysen levererade en snabb guide över relationer förhållandet bland mål för att hjälpa de berörda ministerierna att fatta snabba beslut om att veta vilka områden som i hög grad kommer att påverkas. Mål 3 (God hälsa och välbefinnande) var starkt kopplat till indikatorer från mål 4 (Kvalitetsutbildning) och även mål 6 (Rent vatten och sanitet). Dessutom hade indikatorer från mål 7 (prisvärd och ren energi) en hög korrelation med indikatorer från mål 12 (Ansvarsfull konsumtion och produktion) och mål 15 (Liv på land). Tillsammans erhöll 60% positiva interaktioner och nästan 80% betydande samspel mellan målen. Korrelation innebär inte orsakssamband, så flera linjära regressionsanalyser satte riktiga numeriska förhållanden och avslöjade hur man kan förbättra vissa mål genom att utnyttja andra. Mindre utvecklade indikatorer togs som beroende variabler och de slutliga oberoende variablerna definierades med krympningsmetoder. Tillvägagångssättet för att nå dessa uttryck kan användas för att fastställa beroendet mellan andra relevanta indikatorer och få en utvärdering av landets resultat.
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Hennino, Bénédicte. "Study of the problematic of the indicators of sustainable development for the French company RATP." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-32754.
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The aim of the study is to understand the problematic of indicators of sustainable development for the Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP) that runs the public transport in Paris. The RATP, which was born in 1948, has a limited autonomy since the Syndicat des Transports en Île-de-France (STIF) lays down the prices and specifies the frequency and the amplitude of bus, train and metro services. The RATP has a particular mission as it provides a public service. The company is divided in 18 departments and 8 general delegations among which is the General Delegation to Sustainable Development (DGDD) which supports the actions and the policy in terms of sustainable development. Sustainable development is “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their own needs” (The world commission on environment and development, Our common future, 1987, p.43). RATP commitments to sustainable development are numerous: Business Charter for Sustainable Development, Global Compact, partnership with ADEME, etc. Lots of indicators coexist at RATP but a panel of indicators of sustainable development that encompasses the environmental and social/societal aspects is published annually in the corporate report. These indicators are not always relevant and do not correspond neither to the needs of employees nor to the requirements of international standards and stakeholders. The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), which has developed a reporting framework for sustainable development under the form of guidelines and indicators, is the basis for the suggestion of new indicators for RATP. Public transport competitors in France (Veolia Transport, SNCF, Keolis, Transdev) and Europe (UK and Sweden) as well as on other companies have been benchmarked to observe how they deal with the issues of sustainable development. The breaches of RATP have been enlightened by comparing it to GRI and then to the concurrent companies within the GRI framework. Whereas GRI can deeply help improving the quality and relevance of RATP indicators of sustainable development, the competitors bring little information for RATP that is rather in advance compared to its direct concurrence in its way to report sustainable development. Thanks to the analysis realised, the qualities of good indicators of sustainable development have been defined. A new panel of indicators of sustainable development for the corporate report has been suggested, based on the existing panel and on GRI requirements. As ways of thinking and working cannot be changed drastically in a short time, the provided suggestion might not be perfect, but can be adopted and improved in the next years. Suggested indicators could be still improved by introducing 3 different related levels from top management to workers and by clearly defining and harmonizing the perimeters of reporting. Extra recommendations are to improve cartographies of water and electricity at RATP, so that everyone knows which quantities it consumes. Moreover, the whole GRI guidelines (not only the indicators) should be studied in order to realise the global reporting in sustainable development.www.ima.kth.se
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Silva, Sandra Regina Mota. "Indicadores de sustentabilidade urbana as perspectivas e as limitações da operacionalização de um referencial sustentável." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2000. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/4231.
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The complexity of the problems deriving from urban environments has required a deeper and more integrated understanding of the reality of these environments as an essential step toward solutions. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the applicability of principles of sustainability in the process of monitoring the socioenvironmental conditions of this medium. To gain a better understanding of the ideas surrounding the perspective of sustainability, the different meanings ascribed to the term, as well as the complementary issues and aspects that interact in this world of considerations are discussed. Thus, basic conceptual elements were sought that would contribute to build aproper definition for use within the context of this work, which in turn allowed for an outline to be made of its essential characteristics and general guiding principles that were then employed to analyze a given set of indicators. Different reflections and proposals regarding the instruments used to evaluate urban conditions were examined to identify a set of variables defining the basic characteristics of projects and implementation. A critical systematization of three previously selected experiences the Agenda 21 Indicators, the Seattle Indicators and the Belo Horizonte Urban Life Quality Index led to the elaboration of an analysis based on the general principles of sustainability and on the set of variables existing in the process of creating, formulating and monitoring these indicators. This analytical repertoire allowed for a definition of the potential represented by these instruments, offering the basic references for its development and implementation in different contexts.
A complexidade dos problemas decorrentes do meio urbano tem exigido uma apreensão mais precisa e integrada da realidade como passo essencial no encaminhamento de soluções. O objeto central deste trabalho é a investigação da aplicabilidade de princípios da sustentabilidade nos processos de monitoramento das condições socioambientais existentes neste meio. Para um melhor entendimento das noções que gravitam ao redor dessa perspectiva sustentável, abordou-se a discussão de diferentes acepções atribuídas ao termo, bem como as questões e os aspectos complementares que interagem neste universo de considerações. Buscou-se, assim, a obtenção dos elementos conceituais básicos que contribuíssem na construção de uma definição própria a ser empregada no contexto deste trabalho. Tal procedimento permitiu o delineamento das suas características essenciais e dos seus princípios gerais de orientação que foram posteriormente utilizados na análise de determinados sistemas de indicadores. O exame de diferentes reflexões e proposições acerca destes instrumentos de mensuração das condições urbanas viabilizou a identificação de um conjunto de variáveis que define as características básicas dos projetos e implementações. A sistematização crítica de três experiências distintas previamente selecionadas - Indicadores da Agenda 21, Indicadores de Seattle e o Índice de Qualidade de Vida Urbana de Belo Horizonte - propiciou a elaboração de uma análise referenciada pelos princípios gerais da sustentabilidade e pelo conjunto de variáveis presentes em um processo de criação, formulação e monitoramento dos indicadores. Este repertório analítico permitiu a verificação do potencial representado por este instrumental oferecendo os referenciais básicos para o seu desenvolvimento e implementação em diferentes contextos.
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Coley, Alex, Jordan Jerkovich, and Madsen Mikkel Pilgaard. "Pursuing Sustainability and Prosperity in Swedish Municipalities: Using Indicators to Inform Strategic Governance." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-18350.
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Deciding between sustainability or prosperity may be a false choice when the phenomena are appropriately defined and considered together (Stiglitz et al. 2009). With reference to existing indicator systems and frameworks, including the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (FSSD) and the Community Capitals Framework (CCF), this research developed three novel indices (SMSI, SMSI+, and CCFI) using a Strategic Sustainable Development (SSD) approach to measure and analyze the correlation between sustainability (SMSI, SMSI+) and prosperity (CCFI) in Swedish municipalities. The spearman rank-order coefficient values were 0.259 and 0.588 for SMSI and CFFI and SMSI+ and CCFI, respectively. Both were significantly correlated with a p-value of 0.05, where SMSI+ and CCFI were 0.329 more correlated than SMSI and CCFI. This showed that an index that more comprehensively considers an SSD approach correlates more with CCFI. Furthermore, only six out of 234 Swedish municipalities ranked in the top 10 percent of both SMSI+ and CCFI, showing that it is difficult to successfully pursue sustainability and prosperity together in practice. Importantly, this research also demonstrates that it is possible to create indices using an SSD approach while outlining the methods for how to do so.
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Liao, Yu-Tsun, and 廖育純. "Sustainable Development Indicators for Various Environmental Scale." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/z5fpq2.
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In the twenty-first century, sustainable development has become a goal of countries worldwide. The term sustainable development first appeared in the 1980 World Conservation Strategy, and it was coined by three international environmental organizations: the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the World Wildlife Fund. Later, in the report Our Common Future presented in 1987 by the World Commission on Environment and Development, sustainable development was defined as what “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. Since then, sustainable development has become an international movement. Sustainable development comprises three principles: fairness, sustainability, and commonality. Sociologically, sustainable development is about equitable distribution and meeting the needs of all humans, both currently and in the future. Economically, the aim of sustainable development is to achieve ongoing economic growth while protecting the Earth’s natural systems. As for natural ecology, sustainable development pertains to pursuing harmony between humans and nature The essence of sustainable city development is about ensuring that the basic needs of city dwellers—particularly needs related to their survival, living, and production—do not exceed the capacity of the ecological system and that a symbiotic equilibrium can be reached. Environmentally, sustainable city development policies should be aimed at creating an ecological, high-quality, and healthy urban environment. Economically, the focus of sustainable city development should be on promoting vitalization, high-efficiency, and advanced technology. Sociologically, effort should be focused on creating safe, reciprocal, and equal societies. It is critical to note that the interactions among the aforementioned environmental, economic, and social dimensions play a critical role in supporting the symbiotic equilibrium of sustainable city development. The principle of sustainable development can be applied to the design and planning of cities, communities, and buildings of varying size and scale. Nonetheless, it is uncertain whether the strategic performance measures and performance indicators of sustainable development remain valid, regardless of the size or scale of a city, community, or building. Therefore, the objective of this empirical study is to examine the universality of the strategic performance measures and performance indicators of sustainable development.
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Liu, Chan-Chia, and 劉展嘉. "Using Urban Metabolism to Establish Sustainable City Indicators." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/46535319047073719376.
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In 1987, World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) define sustainable development as meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Agenda 21 emphases on sustainable development must comply with the country’s political and economic situation and environmental condition to adjust, namely concept of think globally, act locally. Cities play an important role in sustainable development. In Our Common Future point out that about 50% population will live in urban area in 21 century. According to UN statistics, only 29% of the population lived in cities and more than one million people, called megacities, only in New York and Tokyo. In 2010, the world’s population up to 7 billion .Cities population has grown to 3.5 billion, about 50% of total population (UN, 2009). The highest urban population growth rate in Asia and Africa (Satterthwaite etc., 2010). Cities were places with low production, high consumption and high waste. Due to the increase in cities population, cities use enormous recourses and energy. Therefore, when it comes to sustainable development, the use of recourses and energy in cities was a central issue. Sustainable development indicator is a tool to provide a direct or indirect measure of detailed description in Specific subject of the degree of sustainability in the future. Following this context, cities develop their own sustainable city indicators. But current sustainable city indicators with following problems: (1) Indicator oversimplification and too much, lack of representativeness and comparability. (2) Lack of energy and resources supply indicators. (3) Cannot assess or quantify city’s waste of energy and resources. (4) Rarely consider the carrying capacity and load capacity of the city. (5) Lack of urban metabolism. Urban metabolism is a systemic way to assess the state of energy and material in city. Constructing the sustainable city metabolic indicators, can make up the shortage of existing indicators. Using material flow as a tool to calculate the indicators, it can be a way to evaluate the sustainable city. Sustainable development define as that in consideration of the carrying capacity and maintaining a specific function and operation of the city ensuring stable supply, improving efficiency of using, reducing waste of material and energy, and prospering and recycling of waste. Base on the definition, the sustainable city metabolic indicator must comply with the principles of follow three: (1) Consider the energy and materials availability, adequacy and security. (2) Improve the efficiency of the use of energy and materials, and reduce waste. (3) Consider the carrying and processing capacity. The urban can be seen into three parts: supply, consumption and waste, and establish sustainable city metabolic indicators in three dimensions. Do empirical research of Taipei’s food and water, and give advice of management strategy and sustainable city metabolic indicators development.
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Costa, João Diogo David Dias. "Integration of geospatial information in sustainable development indicators." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/79384.
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Internship report presented as partial requirement for obtaining the Master’s degree in Geographical Information Systems and ScienceThis report aims to introduce, discuss, detail and describe the internship I have accomplished at Directorate-General for Territory (DGT), the Portuguese national mapping and cadastre agency. As a geographic information systems intern, the nature of my work was focused into the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicators with a geospatial component. My main duty was to hold the functionality of aspects regarding SDG matters that could emerge to DGT in an operational perspective. I have researched about the indicators metadata and the benefits that the integration of geospatial information delivers to measure and monitor the progress towards sustainable development. In a practical working context, two SDG indicators in articulation with Statistics Portugal were produced and calculated: 11.3.1 – ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate; 15.4.2 – mountain green cover index. The principal outcomes of this internship were appealing for my academic path: the production of a manuscript entitled “Ratio of Land Consumption Rate to Population Growth Rate—Analysis of Different Formulations Applied to Mainland Portugal” published at ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, and, a presentation delivered in the first United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress held in China. Therefore, I have considerably improved my GIS capabilities, learning and applying geospatial methodologies such as the dasymetric mapping technique. Additionally, as part of the internship workflow, I followed and collaborated with UN-GGIM: Europe Work Group on Data Integration subgroup 2 activities.
O presente relatório tem como objetivo central introduzir, discutir, detalhar, e descrever o período de estágio realizado na Direção-Geral do Território (DGT). Como estagiário de sistemas de informação geográfica (SIG), a natureza do meu trabalho focou-se nos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS) das Nações Unidas. A minha principal responsabilidade foi exatamente garantir o funcionamento da pasta ODS de acordo com as tarefas e trabalhos operacionais em que a DGT ter-se-ia de envolver e desenvolver. Assim, investiguei sobre os metadados dos indicadores ODS e tudo aquilo que eles representam para sua correta aplicação. Do mesmo modo, investiguei sobre a necessidade e os benefícios provenientes da integração de informação geográfica nesses mesmos indicadores, com o intuito de medir e monitorizar o progresso rumo a um desenvolvimento desejavelmente sustentável. Numa perspetiva de operacionalização, dois indicadores ODS foram calculados e produzidos numa articulação com o Instituto Nacional de Estatística: 11.3.1 – Rácio entre a taxa de consumo do solo e a taxa de crescimento da população; 15.4.2 – Coberto vegetal nas regiões de montanha. Os resultados deste estágio foram proveitosos tendo em conta o meu percurso académico: a produção do artigo “Ratio of Land Consumption Rate to Population Growth Rate—Analysis of Different Formulations Applied to Mainland Portugal” recentemente publicado na revista ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information assim como uma apresentação dos resultados do trabalho de estágio no congresso das Nações Unidas, United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress, decorrido na China. Concluindo, melhorei substancialmente as minhas capacidades em SIG com a aprendizagem levada a cabo na DGT, e com aplicação de metodologias como a técnica do mapeamento dasimétrico. Ainda no âmbito do meu estágio, acompanhei e colaborei com o grupo de trabalho UN-GGIM: Europe Work Group on Data Integration subgroup 2 activities.
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Chiang, Lin Yu, and 林裕強. "The Development for Sustainable Tourism Indicators: From Perception Perspective." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/02924647437101977755.
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觀光事業研究所
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The main purpose of this study is to develop indicators for sustainable tourism. Through the literature review, the framework “to investigate residents’, tourists’, and resource administration persons’ perceptions for the relationship between them” is ap-plied. Based on this framework, we collect 68 indicators from related literatures to con-struct the preliminary system, and then using a two round Delphi survey to conduct into expert opinion on the development of indicators. As a result, the sustainable tourism in-dicators and their weights are developed. The indicator system includes six dimensions, like tourist-to-resource impact, resource-to-tourist impact, resident-to-tourist impact, tourist-to-resident impact, resource-to-resident impact, and resident-to-resource impact. Furthermore, there are three aspects, social, economical, and environmental aspects, in each dimension, and there are several indicators in each aspect. The indicator system has 47 indicators totally. Then the study performs a case study to illustrate the applica-tion and the utility of the indicator system for evaluating the status of tourism in Saviki. As a result, it shows that the resource-to-resident impact has best performance, and the environmental and social aspects in this dimension have sustainable developments. But the tourist-to-resource impact is bed, it becomes potential unsustainable. As a conclu-sion, this indicator system can evaluate the relationship between Saviki’s residents, tourists, and resource administration persons, and it can also assess the status in Saviki’s economical, social, and environmental aspects. To compare with past studies, this indi-cator system can evaluate wider aspects of the status in tourism attractions, but it can’t assess more insightful into the problems. So we may need to make further literature survey or filed survey to direct appropriate management strategies for administrations.
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Tshipala, Ndivhuwo. "A framework of indicators for sustainable adventure tourism destinations." 2013. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1001123.
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D. Tech. Tourism ManagementSouth Africa is widely regarded as one of the best adventure destinations on the African continent. However, here and elsewhere, sustainability is a pressing issue in any tourism context. Therefore, adventure tourism destinations need guidance on the best ways to succeed and to be sustainable. The objective of this study was to propose a framework of indicators that are specifically formulated for sustainable adventure tourism. In order to achieve this objective, a literature survey of pertinent issues in this field was conducted, followed by an empirical study. Firstly, profiling of the destination (Waterval Boven) was conducted followed by determining respondents' knowledge of a number of pertinent iconic sustainable tourism organisations. Hereafter the sustainable tourism indicators were categorised into economic, social and environmental groups.
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Chou, yu-de, and 周育德. "Construction and Application of Sustainable Energy Indicators in Taiwan." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/03244437723583447534.
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碩士國立臺北大學
自然資源與環境管理研究所
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Sustainable Energy Indicators can be used to check the energy development Sustained, however, a set of standard index systems to the energy development which is not a method yet in the world. The research bases on Indicators of Sustainable Energy Development (ISED) Which set up by the IAEA, and take into account special Economic and Social condition in Taiwan, thus, builds up the TISED regression model to evaluate energy development, and research finds that reducing both the energy per capita and energy intensity are two of the key energy policies and measures to decouple economic growth with CO2 emission in the future.
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Liu, Po-Ying, and 劉柏瑩. "The Construction of Sustainable Development Indicators in Rural Ecotourism." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/85266807097314321584.
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碩士國立台北護理學院
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The purpose of this study is to analyze the proper factors to be contained in an evaluation system which can then be used to assess the rural ecotourism development in Taiwan. In the first phase of work, the Delphi method was used to collect expert opinions on a total of six main categories of evaluating factors. They are host community, tourist operators, tourists, destination, accommodation, and transportation. Finally, 80 factors in the evaluation system were selected after three rounds of the Delphi method. This evaluating system may be used for environmental auditing for local governments when they want to manage ecotourism development in rural areas.
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Potts, Tavis William. "Sustainability indicators in marine capture fisheries /." 2004. http://adt.lib.utas.edu.au/public/adt-TU20050302.145859.
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Huang, Chaio-Yun, and 黃巧雲. "On the sustainable indicators of major reservoir watersheds in Taiwan." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/99383043412620620442.
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土木工程研究所
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Indicator with representative information is capable of displaying whole current situation and providing a developing orientation for the system. “Sustainable indicator”, in common use, is an assessment for understanding the sustainable development. While the continuous aggravation of environmental change, protection of the whole environmental ecosystem has become a major goal of all countries and human beings. During the process for a country to achieve the sustainable development, water resources, an indispensable factor, is tightly linked with the development of our life, economics and community, especially for small island but with large population like Taiwan. Therefore, well management of the water resources of reservoir watersheds for maintaining Taiwan’s sustainability is more momentous than before. The main sustainability subject of this study includes society, ecosystem and economy. Fourteen indicators of reservoir watershed such as the tourist, over-using area of mountainside, resident, solid trash, ecosystem susceptible land, collapse land, pollution of water quality, protect area of water quality and water amount, rate of forest mantle, rate of soil corrasion, irrigation, water supply, road and economy estate were analyzed. Twenty-two important reservoir watersheds in Taiwan were discussed with GIS for quantification of each indicator value and weight of each indicator item comes from AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process). The result shows that for five watersheds of positive indicators are Hsin-Shan, Lan-Tan, Wu-Shan-Tou, Te-Chi and Jen-Yi-Tan watershed; and the top five of negative-restrained indicators are Fei-Tsui, Te-Chi, Jih-Yuen-Tan, Shin-Men and Shi-Shih reservoir watershed. As the present state of all consideration, the condition of Te-Chi reservoir watershed is the best one. The average of all reservoir watersheds is 12.36, which is among eleventh and twentieth out of twenty-two watersheds. It shows that top elevens are above the average of all reservoir watersheds. In other words, reservoir watersheds that ranking behind twentieth are below the average of all reservoir watersheds.
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Chou, Chen-Pei, and 周貞貝. "A Study of Developing Environmental Performance Indicators for Sustainable Community." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/04378742181307091008.
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The objectives of this study are (1) developing environmental performance indicators for sustainable community; (2) planning the way to use sustainable community indicators; and (3) operating of the new developing indicator system to two different cases. First, according the condition of community and relevant policy Taiwan, and the related sustainable indicator researches, such as Hart’s community indicators, Indicators of Sustainable Development (ISDs) adopted by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), and Taiwan Sustainable Indicators, this study establish a sustainable community indicator system of three aspects, eight themes, and 26 sub-themes by using the principle method of ISO-14031 Environmental Performance Evaluation. Appling Analytic Hierarchy Process analyses model to determine the priority of indicators. The priority list of indicators has been exam by sensitivity analysis. The results can provide different types of communities to choice the most suitable sustainable community indicators to apply in the very own one. Finally, the research designs a process to create a sustainable community indicator system for who is interested to establish their own indicator system. This study provides eight steps process to establish indicators in community, the processes are: (1) defining the goal; (2) scoping the range of system; (3) identifying pressures and types of capital; (4) choice the indicators; (5) identifying data source; (6)evaluating the indicators; (7) brainstorming ideas for using indicators; and (8) further improvement the system. The eight steps process is a reversed cycle. By analyzing the environmental data systems in Taiwan, the data can’t suitable for the spatial criterion of community, so further improvement the data system for community is needed, and there’re also some data must be collected by the habitants of community. The results suggest to apply the PDCA principle of environmental management system to developing the very own data base of the community is one of the most important works for establishing a sustainable community. Finally, the results of three case studies in this research shown that the environmental performance indicators for the specific community have highest ranking of habitant participation.