In choosing indicators, we propose the following
5 value compositions and 4 areas to build a framework.
Capacity and Resource
Fairness across Time
Fairness across Space
Diversity
Human Will and Networking
Nature
resource cycling,
water/ soil/ air
climate change
climate change
biodiversity
environmental education
Economy
energy, resource productivity,
food
finance
food,
international cooperation
energy
international cooperation
Society
security
tradition/ culture
mobility
gender and minority, tradition
and culture
money flow
Well-being
health
wealth gap
wealth gap
participation in community
life satisfaction,
academic performance and education level,
health, participation in community
Standards of choosing indicators
In doing the difficult task of choosing 20 indicators,
we have used the following standards as our guidelines.
These indicators are not selected to cover all
aspects of sustainability; they are what we consider
to be “headline indicators” that help
us measure a certain important aspects of sustainability.
Representative / Important : Is it important?
Relevant: Is it relevant to the vision and
other indicators?
Practical: Is it practical? Are there evidences
to support it?
Symbolic: Is it symbolic? Is it a focus of
public concern?
Understandable: Is it understandable to wider
public?
Comparable: Is it comparable with international
standards and past data?
Process-oriented: Does it allow us to understand
the process and close the gap between the phenomena
and the root cause?
Multi-stakeholder oriented: Is it meaningful
for multi-stakeholders?
Fairness: Is it fair to other regions and
countries?
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