SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS

SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS

What is an indicator?

• A sign to mark the presence or absence of a concept that is being studied

• An index is a compound measure that aggregates multiple indicators

Indicandums and Indicators

• Indicandum: the object or system that is being observed and therefore, indicated

• Indicator: act as a way to present information regardig the indicandum

Characteristics of effective indicators

• Relevant: show you something that you need to know

• Easy to understand: even by people who are not experts

• Reliable: the information provided by the indicator can be trusted

• Based on accesible data: the information is available while there's still time to act

Multiple Choice

The object or system that is being observed and therefore indicated

• Indicator

• Indicandum

• None of these

Multiple Choice

This characteristic of an indicator tells that the information shown can be trusted

• Relevant

• Reliable

• Accesible Data

• Easy to understand

Multiple Choice

Characteristic of an indicator that shows you something that you need to know

• Easy to understand

• Reliable

• Accesible data

• Relevant

Sustainability indicators

• Measurable aspect of environmental, economic, or social systems that is useful for monitoring changes in system characteristics

• Relevant to the continuation of human and environmental well being

In reality, sustainability can't be measured only by indicating social, economic and environmental progress. We need to consider how these concepts are connected to fully understand sustainability

Circles of sustainability

• Method first developed through collaboration between Metropolis, the UN Global Compact Cities Programme, and other organisations

• Is used for understanding and assessing sustainability and managing projects that are directed towards socially sustainable outcomes

This method has been implemented successfully by several governments and NGO's.

With this, we try to underestand development and sustainability as a whole, by adding several indicators into one graphical index.

Multiple Choice

A measurable aspect of environmental, economic or social systems that is useful for monitoring changes in the characteristics of the system

• Sustainability indicators

• Indicators

• Indicandum

• None of them