Accessibility

A Social Sustainability Indicator. Brief Description: This identifies accessibility as being represented by how close a service is located to the local population: in relation to time and distance. This is an indicator which can be readily determined by a desk exercise. Relevance to sustainability: Providing facilities that are within walking / cycling distance and / or with good public transport links can reduce the need for relatively high carbon emission car transport. The numbers of a population within a certain radius will also be required as this data will be used to assist in pro

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  Agenda 21

A sustainable development, non-obligatory, action plan that arose from the 1992 'Earth' Summit on Environment and Development that was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There are four main sections [Social and Economic Dimensions; Conservation and Management of Resources for Conservation; Strengthening the Role of Major Groups; Means of Implementation] in Agenda 21, with 40 chapters, which are to be implemented at different scales, from global, to national and locally. Local Government applied elements of this through their Local Agenda 21 plans, described in chapter 28. There are m

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  Amenity Diversity

An Environmental Sustainability Indicator. Brief Description: This explores the availability of a range of amenity areas within a geographic area. A range of sub-categories are included which specify the particular amenity area.Relevance to sustainability: Having a diverse amenity in which to live, work and play provides the potential for greater outdoor activity, increasing the health and well-being of a community. A diverse amenity environment can also be engaged with as a learning environment and as a way for humans to arguably re-engage with nature. A greener environment, especially wi

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  AMOEBA

A graphical representation of multidimensional situations in the form of a radar graphic. AMOEBA is an abbreviation from the Netherlands for "a general method of ecosystem description and assessment". An example of a variation of the AMOEBA approach is given in the figure below. This shows a range of sustainability indicators, with the majority of values lying within the middle to low end of a Band of Equilibrium. The colours of yellow, purple and green have been used to represent the different pillars of sustainability: social, economic and environmental, each showing 7 sustainability indicators for comparison purposes.

  Band of Equilibrium

Targets for sustainability indicators will typically extend over a range of parameters (a band of equilibrium); these should be set with the involvement of stakeholders. This approach is in contrast to a single reference point, which is sometimes taken as an optimum state for sustainability. The unit of measure for a sustainability indicator should be clearly stated (for example kg or tonnes of CO2 emissions) and the measurements can then be related to a band of equilibrium on which progress towards, or recession from, sustainability could be judged. Band of equilibrium values for a ran

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  Bellagio Principles

Ten principles, agreed in 1996, which can be used as guidelines to measure and assess the progress made toward sustainable development, including the use of sustainability indicators. The principles can be contextualised for turf management as follows: 1. Guiding vision and goals: Aim to Provide a clear vision Create a well thought out site / pitch management plan; 2. Holistic perspective: Define and assess the wider system, rather than smaller part and consider consequences of planned action; Understand the interconnectedness of activities and their

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  BellagioSTAMP

Eight interrelated principles of sustainability that evolved, in 2007, from the original 10 Bellagio principles in 1996. The STAMP is an acronym for SusTainability Assessment and Measurement Principles. The 8 principles are: 1. Guiding vision. 2. Essential considerations (previously Principles 2 & 3). 3. Adequate scope. 4. Framework and indicators. 5. Transparency. 6. Effective communications. 7. Broad participation. 8. Continuity and capacity (previously Principles 9 & 10). Source: BellagioSTAMP, iisd, 2009, https://www.iisd.org/publications/bellagiostamp-sustainability-assessment-measurement-principles-brochure

  Best Available Techniques

This term followed later than BATNEEC and was defined in The Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000 1973), Regulation 3 (1) as: “the most effective and advanced stage in the development of activities and their methods of operation which indicates the practical suitability of particular techniques for providing in principle the basis for emission limit values designed to prevent and, where that is not practicable, generally to reduce emissions and the impact on the environment as a whole; and for the purpose of this definition— (a) “available techniqu

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  Best Available Techniques Not Entailing Excessive Costs

In the Environmental Protection Act 1990 Section 7 (2) (a) it states that “…in carrying on a prescribed process, the best available techniques not entailing excessive cost will be used— (i) for preventing the release of substances prescribed for any environmental medium into that medium or, where that is not practicable by such means, for reducing the release of such substances to a minimum and for rendering harmless any such substances which are so released; and (ii) for rendering harmless any other substances which might cause harm if released into any environmental medium; “. The term

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  Best Environmental Practice

Applying the most environmentally sound and responsible approach to an activity, so as to minimise any negative impact on the environment. Appropriate information about the desired activity must be provided to enable a well-informed decision to be made, including identifying hazards and risks; storage and disposal considerations; identifying alternative / substitute (i.e. less environmentally harmful) products, processes, technologies and techniques; as well as the extent of recycling, re-use and recovery of waste generated; and the time frame over which the activity will impact on the environ

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