Environmental space and the prism of sustainability: frameworks for indicators measuring sustainable development

摘要: Abstract The notion of Environmental Space refers to external criteria regarding resources available for human consumption. On the one hand, it has been demonstrated that reduction energy consumption, material flows and land use would significantly contribute reducing main stresses European environment. other concept defines a socially motivated minimum resource availability, permitting lead dignified life in respective society. space is tool exploring sustainable development benchmarks on sound scientific basis, helpful derive indicators different applications macro as well micro level. However, environmental expresses no preference structure economic system, long social are respected, nor does suggest specific sustainability indicators. Since 1995, CSD formally introduced institutional dimension fourth development, can be described by referring four dimensions their six interlinkages. Using Prism Sustainability , concept—although rather complex—can easily communicated used gathering public support policies. prism simplifies matters structuring them, but avoids oversimplification inherent aggregate indices. At level, have applied international, regional national indicator development. systems households, companies local communities developed. also dynamic modeling, demonstrating capability assess policy strategies.