“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