scholarly journals Examining Distinctive Indicator Scopes Measuring Well-Being in Sustainable Development Assessment

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Takehiro Hatakeyama
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Subjective Evaluation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Subjective Indicators ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Development Assessment ◽  
Assessment Context ◽  
Objective Indicators

The significance of acknowledging well-being (WB) has increased in local sustainable development (SD) assessment. Meanwhile, scholars and practitioners have paid growing attention to using subjective indicators which rely on a person’s subjective evaluation to measure SD subjects, due to the frequent critique. The predominant use of objective indicators to assess SD frequently overlooks capturing individual’s and community’s WB. Nevertheless, the scopes and functions of subjective indicators remain underexamined in the SD assessment context. Therefore, this study discusses the distinctive characteristics of subjective sustainable development indicators (SDIs), contrasting with objective SDIs, complemented by examining WB indicators. To this end, an analysis of the literature on indicator-based assessment of SD and WB at the community and local level was conducted. The findings highlighted that the three distinctive approaches of SDIs could optimally capture and address associated WB: the objective SDIs could most sufficiently capture and address material WB capture, which turned, however, the shortcoming that overlooks other dimensions of WB. In contrast, the expert-led subjective SDIs could optimally capture and address community’s social WB, whereby the outcomes reflected social norms and preferences recognised by a community and sustainability theories. Likewise, the citizen-based subjective SDIs distinctly measured individual’s life satisfaction levels, whereby the outcomes explicitly presented individual’s subjective WB while addressing local needs and values. This study finally suggests that the complementary use of the respective SDIs contributes to a thorough local-level SD assessment, by optimally addressing associated WB, which ultimately helps meet the current and future generations’ WB in achieving local SD.

The application of sustainability concepts to Australian agriculture: an overview

2003 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 195 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Stoneham ◽  
M. Eigenraam ◽  
A. Ridley ◽  
N. Barr
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Productive Capacity ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Weak Sustainability ◽  
Natural Resource Base ◽  
Basic Standards

This paper reviews the concepts of sustainable development in an economic, environmental and social context. Weak and strong versions of sustainable development are reviewed and applied to the agricultural sector. The paper demonstrates that despite any degradation of the natural resource base, the agricultural sector is more productive now than in the past. This has occurred because the rate of investment in research and development (resulting in increased reproducible capital) has more than offset the rate of degradation in the natural capital stock. Science, it is argued, is part of the economic system that allocates productive capacity between current and future generations. Increases in expenditure on agricultural R&D since the 1950s have ensured that past generations have transferred productive capacity to future generations. With respect to the environment, the authors argue that a strong version of sustainable development may be appropriate, particularly where there are uncertain and irreversible outcomes. Finally, it has been observed that a hybrid version of social sustainability has been adopted in Australia. While resource mobility in the agricultural sector has been generally encouraged (weak sustainability) this has been underpinned by a welfare system that ensures basic standards of well-being and opportunity (strong sustainability).

scholarly journals Evaluation of Sustainable Development Indicators With Fuzzy TOPSIS Based on Subjective and Objective Weights

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nang Idayu Nik Zahari ◽  
Mohd Lazim Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Quality Factor ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Ecological Factors ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Fuzzy Topsis ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Ecological Protection ◽  
Ecological Aspects ◽  
Selection Of

ABSTRACT: Sustainable development aims at improving and maintaining the well-being of people and the ecology. However, this paper focuses only on the ecological aspects. The selection of the proper ecological protection determinant plays a very important role in improving the environment of Malaysia. This paper will propose a method from Wang and Lee (2009), and Yong (2006) which applies a fuzzy TOPSIS method -- based on subjective and objective weights – to make the required selection. Four alternatives will be tested which are: prevent pollution (A1), conservation (A2), well-manage (A3), and public awareness (A4). Along with these, four criteria need to be considered: water quality factor (C1), land integrity factor (C2), air quality factor (C3), and biodiversity factor (C4). Finally, a numerical example of ecological protection determinant selection is used to illustrate the proposed method. ABSTRAK: Pembangunan lestari bermatlamat memperbaiki dan mengekalkan kesejahteraan rakyat serta ekologi. Walau bagaimanapun, kertas kajian ini hanya memberi tumpuan kepada aspek-aspek ekologi. Pemilihan penentu perlindungan serta keselamatan bagi aspek ekologi memainkan peranan yang amat penting dalam meningkatkan kualiti alam sekitar di Malaysia. Kertas kajian ini telah menggunakan kaedah Wang dan Lee (2009) dan Yong (2006) yang mengaplikasikan kaedah TOPSIS kabur berdasarkan pemberat subjektif dan objektif. Terdapat empat alternatif yang akan diuji iaitu: pencegahan pencemaran (A1), pemuliharaan (A2), pengurusan yang baik (A3), kesedaran orang awam (A4). Selain itu, terdapat empat kriteria yang perlu dipertimbangkan: faktor kualiti air (C1), faktor kualiti tanah (C2), faktor kualiti udara (C3), faktor kepelbagaian biologi (C4). Kesimpulannya, contoh pengiraan untuk memperoleh penentu pemilihan perlindungan ekologi telah digunakan bagi menunjukkan kaedah yang dicadangkan.KEYWORDS: sustainable development; ecological factors; subjective and objective weight; fuzzy TOPSIS

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPLORATION

1993 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 401
Author(s):  
Brian S. Fisher ◽  
Vivek Tulpule ◽  
Bruce Bowen
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Full Account ◽  
Exploration Process ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Exploration Activity

The environment, defined broadly to include both reproducible and natural resources, such as petroleum reserves and wildlife parks, supports all economic and other social activity. The notion of sustainable development arises from a concern that future well-being could be eroded by the pursuit of economic goals which degrade and deplete finite resources.While such concerns are not new, the focus of debate has shifted within the past twenty years. Following the first oil price shock in the early 1970s, questions about whether or not it is possible to maintain growth while energy stocks are declining were brought to the fore. In recent years, however, concerns about the possible negative impact of exploration activity and fossil fuel use on the natural environment — also considered a finite resource — have gained prominence.But achieving sustainable resource use involves making trade-offs. For example, open access to a highly prospective site to help meet the energy needs of current and future generations has to be weighed against the site being partially or fully closed to exploration in order to completely preserve the value of the natural environment inherent in the site.To answer questions about environmental tradeoffs requires judgments about the relative social values of alternative uses of the sites in question. Information based on commercial exploration assists in making such judgments. By upgrading knowledge about the economic and social value of a natural resource, the information gained from exploration can help with making judgments about sustaining or conserving the human environment for future generations. Indeed, because the outcome of the exploration process has both social and commercial implications, it is likely that the level of exploration activities chosen for purely commercial reasons may be lower than the level that would be considered optimal if full account were taken of the trade-offs inherent in maintaining or improving the quality of life of future generations.The purpose in this paper is to investigate the role that exploration can play in improving economic and social well-being generally. To do this, petroleum exploration activity is separated into two phases — first, 'low impact' exploration such as the collection of seismic data and, second, drilling. The key contribution of this paper is to highlight conditions under which levels of low impact exploration, as determined by commercial considerations alone, are likely to be less than the socially optimal level.

scholarly journals Factoring Future Generations Into Universities' Strategic Intent: Could a Law Help?

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Strategic Intent ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The University ◽  
Legal Mechanism

Wales is the first country in the world to have put into law the protection of future generations through its Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015; the first country to have a legal mechanism through the Act to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals and the first country to have put the Brundtland definition of sustainable development into law. What does this mean for the values taught in Welsh universities, and how can the university role be repurposed in the interests of future generations? Building on her research for the book #futuregen: Lessons from a Small Country which was published this year, Jane Davidson, who, in her previous role as Minister in Welsh Government, proposed what is now the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, will explore the opportunities from this new values framework to transform the university sector, in particular, the student experience in Wales, and whether there are further lessons that would be valuable elsewhere.

scholarly journals The Environmental Assessment of Urban Agglomerations on the Basis of Sustainable Development Indicators

2019 ◽  
pp. 143-156
Author(s):  
Elena Ivantsova ◽  
Margarita Postnova ◽  
Vadim Sagalaev ◽  
Anna Matveeva ◽  
Anna Kholodenko
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Complex Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Capital Inflows ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Urban Agglomerations ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Stability

The article discusses the indicators of sustainable development given from the standpoint of the classical concept of sustainable development. The methods used are analyzed to identify criteria for sustainable development. The indicators of sustainable development have been known and developed for a long time. However, their development did not take into account the regional fix, which would allow creating a permanent set of the most representative indicators for a certain territory. Volgograd and Rostov agglomerations are chosen as objects. A complex analysis of the regional indicators of sustainable development is carried out taking into account physiographic, climatic, sectoral features, the economic potential and ecological well-being of Volgograd and Rostov agglomerations. The work assesses the ecological and economic sustainability of the agglomerations under study, which allows to give the comparative analysis of the territory development predictive models. Today, it is still too early to talk about the effectiveness of achieving criteria for sustainable development in urban agglomerations. The accepted methods cannot be considered effective due to the fact that the efforts of all areas of management are needed. In the forecast, we can talk about a slight increase in the stability of Rostov agglomeration due to capital inflows. Taking into account current trends, Volgograd agglomeration can face a gradual decrease in sustainability requiring an immediate intervention.

Islamic Guiding Principles for Sustainable Development A Case Study of International Islamic School (IIS), IIUM (Prinsip Panduan Islam bagi Pembangunan Berkekalan Kes Kajian International Islamic School (IIS), UIAM)

1970 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-257
Author(s):  
Muhammad Amanullah
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Islamic School ◽  
Guiding Principles

Abstract Sustainable development is a term that signifies development for the well-being of both present and future generations of humans. It has become universal concern of all the modern nations. Yet, a set of comprehensive conditions or guiding principles for sustainable development is yet to be devised. Islam has guiding principles of sustainable development. By analysing the related Qur’anic verses and Prophetic ahadith, this paper intends to develop a set of comprehensive guiding principles of sustainable development so as to make them beneficial for governments and organizations which really want to maintain sustainable development for both present and future generations. This study, in addition, intends to conduct a survey to determine whether the complex of International Islamic School (IIS) under International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) fulfils these principles or not. This paper concludes that in Islam sustainable development requires balance between present and future life; and between worldly life and life hereafter. Keywords: Sustainable Development, Present, Future, Islamic Guiding Principles, IIS. Abstrak Pembangunan berkekalan adalah istilah yang melambangkan pembangunan untuk kesejahteraan kedua-dua generasi manusia masa kini dan masa depan. Ia menjadi masalah bagi semua bangsa moden. Namun, syarat berkomprehensif atau prinsip panduan bagi pembangunan berkekalan masih belum dicipta. Islam mengandungi prinsip panduan pembangunan berkekalan. Dengan menganalisis ayat-ayat al-Quran yang terkait dan hadis-hadis Rasul (saw), kajian ini bertujuan untuk membentuk satu set prinsip panduan yang lengkap untuk pembangunan berkekalan supaya ia bermanfaat kepada kerajaan dan organisasi yang benar-benar mahu mengekalkan pembangunan yang berkekalan untuk kedua-dua generasi masa kini dan masa depan. Disamping itu, kajian ini bertujuan untuk menjalankan kajian bagi menentukan sama ada International Islamic School (IIS) di bawah Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM) memenuhi prinsip-prinsip ini atau tidak. Kajian ini menyimpulkan bahawa pembangunan berkekalan dalam Islam memerlukan keseimbangan kehidupan antara masa kini dan masa depan; dan antara kehidupan dunia dan kehidupan akhirat. Kata Kunci: Pembangunan Berkekalan, Masa Ini, Masa Depan, Prinsip Panduan Islam, IIS.

Recent Environmental Legislation in South Africa

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazeem Goolam
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Environmental Legislation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Right ◽  
Ecologically Sustainable ◽  
Ecologically Sustainable Development

Section 24 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 108 of 1996, provides:“Everyone has the right(a) to an environment that is not harmful to their health or well-being; and(b) to have the environment protected, for the benefit of present and future generations, through reasonable legislative and other measures that(i) prevent pollution and ecological degradation;(ii) promote conservation; and(iii) secure ecologically sustainable development and use of natural resources while promoting justifiable economic and social development.”

scholarly journals Impacts Generated by a Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant Can Lead to Conflicts between Sustainable Development Goals: A Review of Key Lessons Learned in Madagascar

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole Brunet ◽  
Oumarou Savadogo ◽  
Pierre Baptiste ◽  
Michel A Bouchard ◽  
Jean Chrysostome Rakotoary ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Endogenous Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Impact

In a context of energy transition towards renewable energies, this case study situated in Madagascar allows us to verify the extent to which an on-grid photovoltaic solar power plant represents a vector for sustainable development. The article proposes a model for assessing sustainability from a qualitative multi-criteria perspective. This analysis fits into the theoretical question of the science of sustainability by challenging the theory of endogenous development. The innovation of this research is based on the use of a qualitative approach to a technological issue filling a literature gap in the major issue of the effective sustainability of renewable energy (particularly in the context of an island state). The study emphasizes that the plant can only represent a vector for sustainable development with the collaboration of the concerned parties, which implies considering the electrification needs at the local level. The article confirms that the impacts generated by the power plant can lead to conflicts between different sustainable development goals. Theoretically, the study emphasizes that the evaluation of the sustainability of solar power plants should follow a process that: (i) uses a preferably qualitative methodology likely to understand the local conditions of the communities in which they are established; (ii) identifies dissociated indicators while taking into account the context; and (iii) analyzes the possible negative interactions between the impact areas by highlighting the key areas linked to land management and the well-being of women within a poverty reduction approach.

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