“Sustainability” and how to measure it
Jan 12, 2016
“Sustainability” and how to measure it
Sustainable development (UN)
As expressed by the 1987 UN World Commission on Environment and Development (the Brundtland Commission):
• sustainable development refers to the need to balance the satisfaction of near-term interests with the protection of the interests of future generations, including their interests in a safe and healthy environment.
Sustainability: ‘Duradero/sostenibel”
Difference between GDP and HDI
• What does the GDP measure?• What does the HDI measure?• What are the main differences in approaches?• Relate this to the notion “development is
normative”?
GDP
• Gross domestic product (GDP) refers to the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period. GDP per capita is often considered an indicator of a country's standard of living
Human Development Index
On the level of development of humanity: the Millennium Development Goals
Millennium Development Goals (video)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3p2VLTowAA
The case of Aruba:A Sustainable Aruba, “Nos Aruba 2025” project
Co-creating the future of Aruba: Nos Aruba 2025
Let’s take a look at the scenario’s used at the Nos Aruba 2025 planning process
• Please take a look at the scenario statements and blueprint document I’ve just handed in the class
Documentary on Nos Aruba 2025 process:
Video’s
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwOm4eCIOoQ
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhsyddLex8M&feature=related
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxAtO391eSA&feature=related
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um_Ibsnw67c&feature=related
12 development priorities for Aruba (Nos Aruba, 2025)
The twelve development priorities are:
• Lifelong learning and personal development
• Development of a sustainable Aruban culture through a holistic synthesis of all cultural aspects
• Building the community from the inside-out
• Stimulate and promote a healthy living
• Sustained socio-economic development by means of diversification
• Developing a nation of innovation = smart people + smart ideas
• Sustainable tourism development• Enabling the international
financial sector• Protecting the fragile environment • Energy management for a
sustainable development• Promoting sustainable food
supplies• Putting good governance
principles in practice
Meaning of Sustainable development for Aruba integration of all the individual parts
• For Aruba sustainable development is:• about developing our economy and ensuring that everyone can benefit
from this. • At the same time, it is about our society, our culture and our environment. • It is about the connections between our quality of life and housing, open
space, transport, education, crime-prevention, health; now and in the future.
• The decisions, choices and the actions of today impact both us and our future generations.
• Sustainable development recognizes the need for integrated decision-making.
• Social, economic, and environmental factors all impact any given decision and in turn every decision has social, economic and environmental impacts
• Awareness of these linkages is vital to responsible decision-making
Seeing the big pictureAruban Model for Development
Activity: Formulate indicators
• Reflect on the Aruban model of sustainable development that has emerged from the NISP (Nos Aruba, 2025)
• Form groups of 3:– Choose 1 specific objective from the 12
developmental objectives (priorities)– try to formulate 2 indicators for your chosen
objective