4. Measurement and assessment of indicators

Lead Papers

 Mark Anielski, MALIK AMIN ASLAM, Dr. Peter Bartelmus,Dr. Keith G. Brown, Ronald Colman, Karine Danielyan, David Del Porto, Dr. ir. J.Dewulf and J. Mulder and H.J. van der Kooi and J. de Swaan Arons, Dott. Giuseppe Di Vita, Michele Doncaster, Alexey Drouziaka, Germain Dufour, Louise Dunne and Frank Convery, David S. Evans, C. Coulthard, I. Henderson, P. Jones, Oleg Garms, Dr. Anastassios Gentzoglanis, Dr. Hans W. Gottinger, Nikolai Grishin and Olga Tokmakova, Dr. Tee L. Guidotti, Xiaohui Hao, Mikylas Huba, Vladimir Ira, Dr. A.Jagadeesh, Kun H. JOHN and Yeo C. Youn and Jae W. Park , S. Augustinand J. Katima and E. Klawe and B. Lyimo, Natalia Knijnikova, Dr. Vladimir Kremsa, Elena Krougikova, Ms. Maria V. Kryukova, Van Lantz, Tonu Lausmaa, Ming Lei, Ngo Louga Madeleine, Igor N. Malakhov, Dr. Sue L.T. McGregor, Marin R. Mehandjiev (Professor) and Krassimira R. Mehandjieva, Mr. Aubrey Meyer, Jose H. Moya, James Mwami,Dr. Yew-Kwang Ng, Anatoly Nikitin and Sofia Nikitina, Vincent Otto, Roland Prelaz-Droux, Akim Rahman, Dr. C. Ramachandraiah, Dr. B. Sudhakara Reddy, S. S. Sundarvel, Dirgha N. Tiwari, S.G. Patil* and L.B. Hugar* and M.S. Veerapur* and, J. Yerriswamy* and T. Cross† and A.C. vanLoon† and G.W. vanLoon†, DSc. Professor William M. Zadorsky, Dr. Katalin K. Zaim, Dr. ZhongXiang Zhang

An indicator measures the accumulated depreciation of natural resources through environmental degradation and resource depletion (Dufour). Proper resource accounting provides a way of monitoring our progress towards sustainable development and this indicator shows the quantity and quality of our natural resources that we leave to future generations and reflects our stewardship of these resources. 

Evaluation of indicators

A.    Sustainable resources management indicators and indices
B.    Indicators and indices of recreational resources
C.    Land use shifts indicators and indices
D.    Natural resources indicators and indices
E.    Energy indicators and indices
        E.1    Availability of energy resources
        E.2    Energy and the environment
        E.3    Sustainable mining and energy development
        E.4    Environmental demands faced by the energy and mineral industries
        E.5    Government interventions to strengthen the energy industry
        E.6    Mining sector indicators and indices
        E.7    Energy security indicators and indices
        E.8    Sustainable energy development
        E.9    Oil industry indicators and indices
        E.10    Coal industry indicators and indices
        E.11    Natural gas industry indicators and indices
        E.12    Energy and oil and gas consumption
        E.13    Petroleum resources and economic of transport fuel options
        E.14    Economic interaction between pollution control measures and consequential development in the energy market
        E.15    Fuel cycle review of environmental control
        E.16    Energy exploration, production, transportation, transformation and end-use
        E.17    Environmental impacts of the coal energy cycle
        E.18    Future emissions in the energy sector
        E.19    Emission control technologies for coal and other fossil fuels energy facilities
        E.20    Emission and amelioration techniques for fossil fuel power plants
        E.21    Emission standards for SO2, NOx and particulates for energy facilities
        E.22    Policy measures to enforce before 2005 in order to accomplish energy activities in the least environmentally damaging and at the least cost
        E.23    Environmental characteristics of substitute fuels
        E.24    Advanced generation technologies
F.    Electricity generation indicators and indices
        F.1    The role of electricity in the energy sector
        F.2    Electricity generation, GDP and energy consumption
        F.3    Assessment of health effects of electricity generation
        F.4    Environmental impacts of electricity generation
        F.5    Environmental pathways and impacts of pollutants produced by electricity generation
        F.6    Energy and environmental performance of small plants: combined heat and power, district heating and industrial facilities
        F.7    Nuclear energy
        F.8    Environmental impacts associated with electricity generation from Uranium fuel cycle
G.    Renewable sources of energy indicators and indices
        G.1    Fossil fuels vs renewable energy
        G.2    Contribution of renewable energy technologies to energy supplies
        G.3    Hydroelectricity and the environment
        G.4    Overview of the environmental impacts of renewable energy technologies
H.    Environmental considerations and impacts for:
        H.1    Active solar heating and cooling technologies
        H.2    Passive solar technologies
        H.3    Solar thermal technologies
        H.4    Biomass energy conversion technologies
        H.5    Wind energy conversion systems
        H.6    Hydrogen technologies
        H.7    Water energy technologies
        H.8    Geothermal energy technologies
        H.9    Photovoltaic technologies
I.    Energy efficiency and conservation indicators and indices
J.    'Clean' energy technologies indicators and indices
K.    Agriculture indicators and indices
L.    Food products indicators and indices
M.    Livestock indicators and indices
N.    Fishery indicators and indices
O.    Forest products indicators and indices
P.    High-tech products indicators and indices
Q.    Secondary sources of health:
        Q.1    Properties and assets
        Q.2    Tourism
        Q.3    Arts
        Q.4    Sports
        Q.5    Land use
        Q.6    Entertainment
        Q.7    Buildings, equipment and other materials
        Q.8    Automaking industry
        Q.9    Recreational (outdoor and indoor)
R.    Sustainable resources development

  Evaluation of the Availability of Resources Issues and Concerns

1. Sources of Electricity Generation
2. Agriculture
3. Forests, wood products
4. Mineral, raw materials
5. Food products, livestock, meat products, dairy products
6. Fisheries
7. Mining
8. Water: freshwater
9. Fishing
10. Energy
  i) Production
  ii) Development
  iii) Use
  iv) Sources
  v) Energy Efficiency
  vi) Renewable Energy
  vii) Energy Conservation
  viii) Energy Trade and Markets
  ix) Clean Energy Technologies
  x) Nuclear Power
  xi) Fossil Fuels: Oil and Natural Gas
  xii) Hydroelectric Power
11. Secondary sources of wealth:

a. Assets b. Buildings c. Equipment d. Properties e. Tourism f. Land use g. Entertainment h. Arts i. Sports j. Recreational (indoor and outdoor) k. Auto and plane l. Pharmaceutical products m. High tech products n. Gambling o. Lotteries p. Communications products

12. Decline in the creation of real wealth
13. Measurement of Indicators
14. Monitoring
15. Making results of measurements available on the Internet
16. Per capita export of timber volume of forest products
17. Per capita consumption of timber and forest products
18. Old-growth trees
19. Wilderness and protected areas
20. Recreational sites
21. Vegetation