SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

INDICATORS

Vladimíra Šilhánková

Assoc. Prof., Dipl. Ing. arch., Ph.D.Faculty of Administration, University Pardubice

Czech Republic

Indicator levels and fields

Country level District level Local level

Environmental Economical Social

No links between indicators levels !!!No links between indicator fields

on the country level!!!

Environmental indicators in the Czech Republic

Water use Biochemical Oxygen Demand Emission of acifidyfying substances Index of air quality Emission of greenhouse gasses Organic farming Wood harvesting Protected areas Waste generation Use of area

Exampleof theIndicator Sheet

Exampleof theIndicator Sheet

Sustainable Development Indicators on the Local Level

European Common Indicators

The monitoring initiative is intended to support local authorities in their work towards sustainability and provide objective and comparable information on progress towards sustainability across Europe.

It is based on a common set of integrated indicators, each indicator reflecting the interactions between environmental, economic and social aspects.

It is designed to measure movement towards or away from sustainability, focusing on the extent of change over time and the identification of trends and directions, rather than on absolute measures.

European Common Indicators (2001)

A.1 Citizen Satisfaction with the Local Community

A.2. Local Contribution to Global Climate Change

A.3. Local Mobility and Passenger Transportation

A.4. Availability of Local Public Open Areas and Services

A.5. Quality of Local Ambient Air

European Common Indicators (2001)

B.6. Children’s Journeys to and from School

B.7. Sustainable Management of the Local Authority and Local Businesses

B.8. Noise Pollution

B.9. Sustainable Land Use

B.10. Products Promoting Sustainability

Situation in the Czech Republic„TIMUR initiative“

Team Initiative for Local Sustainable Development (TIMUR) is an independent non-profit voluntary association of non-governmental non-profit organizations and individuals aimed to promotion of sustainable development in Czech Republic on local level.

TIMUR's Main Aims

The main contain of TIMUR's work is to observe indicators of local sustainability, life quality and environment quality on local level. The aim of TIMUR is to involve cities and towns of Czech Republic in EU campaign Sustainable Cities and to promote the EU project Towards a Local Sustainability Profile - European Common Indicators.

TIMUR's Partners City

KrnovHradec KrálovéSvitavyVsetínZáhoran (MCR)

PragueKladnoHodonínChrudim

Summary of monitored indicators ECI and selective indicators in July 2004

City Monitored indicators ECI Selective indicators

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Krnov X X X -

Hradec Králové X X X X X City transport

Svitavy X X X X X Unemployment

Vsetín X X X X X Parking places

MCR Záhoran X X -

Praha X X X X -

Kladno X -

Hodoním X X -

Chrudim X -

Example from Hradec Králové

Sustainable development in the City

Aalborg Charter (2003) Member of „Healthy Cities Network“

(2003) Strategic plan as a Local Agenda 21 (2003) Action Plan (2004) European Common Indicators (since 2003)

Indicator A.3. Local Mobility

and Passenger Transportation

MethodologyIndicator 3 investigates and represents the

mobility of citizens living within urban areas. The different aspects that contribute to defining the general mobility pattern of each citizen include:

a) the number of trips that, on average, each citizen makes during the day, where ‘trip’ indicates a displacement with a starting-point and a destination (number of daily trips per capita);

b) the reason for the trips and their regularity during the week, allowing for the trips to be classified as either ‘systematic’ or ‘unsystematic’16 (% of systematic trips compared with the unsystematic ones);

Methodology 2

c) the average distance covered by each citizen during the day (km/per capita);

d) the time taken by each citizen for his/her trips (minutes taken for the trips);

e) modes of transport used for the trips and/or for the different distances associated with each trip (%

relating to the different modes of transport considered);

f) analysis of trips taken by private car: kind of car park used, number of passengers transported and

reason for the choice;g) qualitative level of the systematic trips.

Trip destination

Trip to and form work and /or schoolsystematic, every days trips

54,1 %

walk17%

bicycle15%

public transport

41%

car20%

motorbike2%

train5%

Trip destination Trips to shopping

non-systematic29,6 %

Trips to recreation and culture activitiesnon-systematic

16,3 %

walk49%

bicycle4%

public transport

23%

car23%

other1%

walk30%

bicycle14%

public trasnsport

36%

train1%

car17%

motorbike1%

taxi1%

Trip duration

Average trips number per one person and day – 2,37

Average time spends on the route per one person and day - 39,12 min

Time on the route…

…time spends in the transport mean

walk20%

public transport

40%

car20%

other20%

work/school63%

shopping21%

recreation16%

Travel distance

Average day travel distance per one person– 13,03 km

Travel distance portions …

…time spends in the transport mean

walk5%

bicycle9%

public transport

35%

train15%

car34%

motorbike2%

work/school69%

shopping16%

recreation15%

Average travel distance to and from work /school

Train - 29,0 kmCar - 6,6 kmPublic transport - 6,3 kmMotorbike - 6,4 kmBicycle - 4,5 kmWalk - 1,1 km

Average travel distance for shopping

Train - 12,0 kmCar - 6,9 kmMotorbike - 6,3 kmPublic transport - 3,5 kmBicycle - 2,2 kmWalk - 0,8 km

Portion of transport types

bycicle12%

train3%

public transport

35%

car20%

pedestrian29%

taxi0%

motorbike1%

Comparison in European Context

Indicator A.4. Availability of Local Public

Open Areas and Local Services

MethodologyIndicator 4 relates to the percentage of people living

within 300 metres of a public open area or other basic services.

Public open areas are defined as: public parks, gardens or open spaces, for the

exclusive use of pedestrians and cyclists, except green traffic islands or dividers, graveyards (unless the local authority recognises their recreational function or natural, historical or cultural importance);

open-air sports facilities, accessible to the public free of charge;

private areas (agricultural areas, private parks), accessible to the public free of charge.

Methodology 2Basic services are defined as: primary public health services (general

practitioners, hospitals, first-aid posts, family advice bureau or other public centers supplying medical services, such as diagnosis or specialist examinations);

collective transport routes that, at least for part of a normal business day, have a minimum frequency (half-hourly service);

public schools (compulsory attendance schools + kindergartens);

bakeries and greengroceries; recycling facilities or services for solid waste

(including recycling bins).