“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
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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=v3p2VLTo
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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=BwOm4eC
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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhsyddLe
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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxAtO391
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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um_Ibsn
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12 development priorities for Aruba
(Nos Aruba, 2025)
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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
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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 decisionmaking.
• 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
Aruban Model
for
Development
Seeing the big picture
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