Sustainable development in Brabant 2001

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Sustainable development in
Brabant 2001
Brabant Centre for Sustainable
Development
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The Capital Approach
Ecological capital
Economic capital
Social and cultural capital
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According to Telos, sustainable development
implies that development

• must be aimed at the optimization of the three
  capitals (no transfer of costs to other
  capitals)
• must sustain over future generations (no
  transfer of costs over time)
• must sustain globally (no transfer of costs to
  other areas).

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The capitals and their optimum

• Each capital has an optimum. Reaching the optimum
  means reaching sustainable development.

The optimum value is set after consulting experts
and stakeholders.
The optimum value is influenced by the
requirements of the future generations and
current social issues.
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Monitoring the situation

• By monitoring the direction of growth, one can
  establish the distance to sustainable
  development.

The light part shows the present situation in
Brabant. The dark part shows the challenge for
achieving sustainable development.
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Is the development of Brabant sustainable?

• Development is sustainable if the three capitals
  grow.

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All the three capitals are equally important.

• One capital should not grow at the
• expense of another capital.

In the example above, two of the three capitals
have grown. The development however is not
sustainable because the value of the third
capital has declined.
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Sustainable Brabant in a broader context

• Sustainable Brabant is part of a sustainable
  world.
• The capitals of Brabant
• may not grow
• at the cost of capitals
• somewhere else.

The Netherlands
Europe
World
The capitals are influenced by boundary
conditions such as population, institutional
arrangements, geographical position,
technological development, and finite raw
materials.
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Capitals and stocks
Each capital consists of several stocks. Stocks
pinpoint the most essential elements of a capital
and co-determine the quality and quantity of the
capitals.

• Not every stock carries
• the same weight as
• the others.
• The differences in size
• can be observed in the
• column.

A capital reaches its optimum value if all stocks
have reached their optimum.
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The stocks within socialand cultural capital

• Citizenship
• Health and Health Care Facilities
• Education and Schooling
• Social Justice
• Living Conditions
• Cultural Diversity
• Consumption behaviour

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Requirements Stock Citizenship

• Each citizen must be able to fulfil his or her
  subsistence needs through paid labour
• Each citizen must contribute to society by way of
  unpaid labour (volunteer work)
• Each citizen must be involved (or feel involved)
  in political processes

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Requirements Stock Health and Health Care
Facilities

• All people must be physically and mentally in
  good health
• Health care facilities must be open to all and be
  of good quality

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Requirements Stock Education and Schooling

• All citizens must have a minimum level of
  education
• All citizens must be able to educate themselves
  during their lifetime
• Education must be of a good quality

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Requirements Stock Social Justice

• There must be an acceptable standard of living
  for all
• There must be no exclusion in society

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Requirements Stock Living Conditions

• All citizens must feel safe in their environment,
  the safety of themselves and their possessions
  must be safeguarded
• All citizens must be satisfied with their living
  environment
• There must be enough public facilities for the
  continuity of daily life and for participation in
  society

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Requirements Stock Cultural Diversity

• There cannot be discrimination of any sort
• The supply of cultural activities must be a
  reflection of the pluriformity of the society
• Cultural policy should include the preservation
  of historical objects

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Requirements Stock Consumption Behaviour

• All citizens must be prepared to let
  environmental concerns prevail over their own
  material (consumption) needs
• All citizens must show the above in their own
  consumption behaviour

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The stocks within the economic
capital

• Economic structure
• 
  Infrastructure
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  Labour
• 
  Capital goods
• Knowledge

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Requirements Stock Labour Infrastructure

• Labour
• The supply of and demand for labour must be in
  balance with the working population both in
  quality and quantity
• Infrastructure
• The physical accessibility of facilities,
  business and economic centra must be optimal

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Requirements Stock Capital Goods

• There must be enough space for businesses and
  this must be used in an adequate way
• The investment level of businesses must be
  optimal and used in an optimal way

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Requirements Stock Knowledge

• Businesses should be innovative
• There must be interaction between knowledge
  holders and the business community

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Requirements Stock Economic Structure

• There must be a good mix of push (propel) and
  maintenance busyness
• There must be enough new business activity

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The stocks within the ecological
capital

• Air
• Nature
• Surface water
• Soil
• Minerals
• Sub soil water

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Requirements Stock Air

• There must be no pollution that is harmful for
  people and nature
• There must be no disturbance by humans of climate

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Requirements Stocks Surface Water Nature

• Surface Water
• Surface water must be free of any pollution
  whatsoever that might be harmful for humans and
  nature
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• Nature
• Diversity must be as wide as possible

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Requirements Stocks Soil Subsoil Water

• Soil
• The soil cannot contain any combination of
  pollutants that might be harmful for humans
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• Subsoil Water
• Subsoil water must be free of any pollutants that
  might be harmful for humans and nature

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Requirements Stock Minerals

• The exploitation of minerals must be reduced to
  zero and all use must be replaced by alternative
  or renewable resources

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Capitals, stocks and indicators

• Capitals There are three capitals, each
  consisting of several stocks.
• Stocks the number of stocks vary per capital.
  Each stock consists of a maximum number of eight
  indicators.

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Example of Stock Consumption Behaviour and its
Indicators

• Indicators
• 1) degree of environmental-mindedness among the
  population
• 2) amount of household waste per head of the
  population
• 3) degree of used green energy on total energy
  use (household level)
• 4) household water use per head of the population
• 5) average annual mileage of private cars
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Choosing the normsfor the indicators
By attributing a normative value on
measurement,Telos has determined the optimal
growth of indicators.

• Optimal level
• A long term goal (50 years)
• Accepted level
• A short term goal
• Alarming level
• Requires immediate attention
• Unacceptable level
• Requires immediate action

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Determining the value of the stocks

• A stock is presented by a circle diagram
• consisting of several indicators.
• The total filled area shows the score
• of this stock.
• Each filled area shows
• the score of an indicator.
• The colours indicate what kind
• of action should be taken.

indicator 1
indicator 5
indicator 2
indicator 4
indicator 3
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The value of the capitals

• The condition of a capital can be detected by
  summing up the scores of the various stocks.

The size of the three capitals together shows
how faraway Brabant is from attaining
sustainable development.
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The dynamics of sustainable development

• The arrows show the changes in the indicator over
  the last five years.

indicator 1
indicator 5
indicator 2
indicator 4
An arrow pointing towards the outside indicates
an improvement. An arrow pointing towards the
centre indicates a deterioration.
indicator 3
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An interactive method

• Representatives of state, market, and social
  organizations, and the general public all play a
  role in an interactive-method.
• They are involved in determining the aspired
  level of sustainability, analyzing its effect,
  and looking for ways to achieve the agreed goals.

Together with them, we decide on the relative
importance of the stocks.
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Sustainable development in
Brabant 2001
Ecological capital 40
Economic capital 47
Social and cultural capital 36
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Working towards sustainable Brabant

• 2050

2001