1. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS Vladimíra Šilhánková Assoc. Prof., Dipl. Ing. arch., Ph.D. Faculty of Administration, University Pardubice Czech Republic

2. Indicator levels and fields 4 Country level 4 District level 4 Local level 4 Environmental 4 Economical 4 Social No links between indicators levels !!! No links between indicator fields on the country level!!!

3. Environmental indicators in the Czech Republic 4 Water use 4 Biochemical Oxygen Demand 4 Emission of acifidyfying substances 4 Index of air quality 4 Emission of greenhouse gasses 4 Organic farming 4 Wood harvesting 4 Protected areas 4 Waste generation 4 Use of area

4. Example of the Indicator Sheet

6. Sustainable Development Indicators on the Local Level

7. European Common Indicators The monitoring initiative is intended to support local authorities in their work towards sustainability and provide objective and comparable information on progress towards sustainability across Europe. It is based on a common set of integrated indicators, each indicator reflecting the interactions between environmental, economic and social aspects. It is designed to measure movement towards or away from sustainability, focusing on the extent of change over time and the identification of trends and directions, rather than on absolute measures.

9. European Common Indicators (2001) A.1 Citizen Satisfaction with the Local Community A.2. Local Contribution to Global Climate Change A.3. Local Mobility and Passenger Transportation A.4. Availability of Local Public Open Areas and Services A.5. Quality of Local Ambient Air

10. European Common Indicators (2001) B.6. Children’s Journeys to and from School B.7. Sustainable Management of the Local Authority and Local Businesses B.8. Noise Pollution B.9. Sustainable Land Use B.10. Products Promoting Sustainability

11. Situation in the Czech Republic „TIMUR initiative“ Team Initiative for Local Sustainable Development (TIMUR) is an independent non-profit voluntary association of non- governmental non-profit organizations and individuals aimed to promotion of sustainable development in Czech Republic on local level.

12. TIMUR's Main Aims The main contain of TIMUR's work is to observe indicators of local sustainability, life quality and environment quality on local level. The aim of TIMUR is to involve cities and towns of Czech Republic in EU campaign Sustainable Cities and to promote the EU project Towards a Local Sustainability Profile - European Common Indicators.

13. TIMUR's Partners City Krnov Hradec Králové Svitavy Vsetín Záhoran (MCR) Prague Kladno Hodonín Chrudim

14. Summary of monitored indicators ECI and selective indicators in July 2004 CityMonitored indicators ECISelective indicators 12345678910 KrnovXXX - Hradec KrálovéXXXXXCity transport SvitavyXXXXXUnemployment VsetínXXXXXParking places MCR ZáhoranXX - PrahaXXXX - KladnoX - HodonímXX - ChrudimX -

15. Example from Hradec Králové

16. Sustainable development in the City 4 Aalborg Charter (2003) 4 Member of „Healthy Cities Network“ (2003) 4 Strategic plan as a Local Agenda 21 (2003) 4 Action Plan (2004) 4 European Common Indicators (since 2003)

17. Indicator A.3. Local Mobility and Passenger Transportation

18. Methodology Indicator 3 investigates and represents the mobility of citizens living within urban areas. The different aspects that contribute to defining the general mobility pattern of each citizen include: a) the number of trips that, on average, each citizen makes during the day, where ‘trip’ indicates a displacement with a starting-point and a destination (number of daily trips per capita); b) the reason for the trips and their regularity during the week, allowing for the trips to be classified as either ‘systematic’ or ‘unsystematic’16 (% of systematic trips compared with the unsystematic ones);

19. Methodology 2 c) the average distance covered by each citizen during the day (km/per capita); d) the time taken by each citizen for his/her trips (minutes taken for the trips); e) modes of transport used for the trips and/or for the different distances associated with each trip (% relating to the different modes of transport considered); f) analysis of trips taken by private car: kind of car park used, number of passengers transported and reason for the choice; g) qualitative level of the systematic trips.

20. Trip destination  Trip to and form work and /or school systematic, every days trips 54,1 %

21. Trip destination  Trips to shopping non-systematic 29,6 %  Trips to recreation and culture activities non-systematic 16,3 %

22. Trip duration  Average trips number per one person and day – 2,37  Average time spends on the route per one person and day - 39,12 min Time on the route… …time spends in the transport mean

23. Travel distance  Average day travel distance per one person– 13,03 km Travel distance portions … …time spends in the transport mean

24. Average travel distance to and from work /school Train- 29,0 km Car- 6,6 km Public transport- 6,3 km Motorbike- 6,4 km Bicycle- 4,5 km Walk- 1,1 km

25. Average travel distance for shopping Train- 12,0 km Car- 6,9 km Motorbike- 6,3 km Public transport- 3,5 km Bicycle- 2,2 km Walk- 0,8 km

26. Portion of transport types

27. Comparison in European Context

28. Indicator A.4. Availability of Local Public Open Areas and Local Services

29. Methodology Indicator 4 relates to the percentage of people living within 300 metres of a public open area or other basic services. Public open areas are defined as: 4 public parks, gardens or open spaces, for the exclusive use of pedestrians and cyclists, except green traffic islands or dividers, graveyards (unless the local authority recognises their recreational function or natural, historical or cultural importance); 4 open-air sports facilities, accessible to the public free of charge; 4 private areas (agricultural areas, private parks), accessible to the public free of charge.

30. Methodology 2 Basic services are defined as: 4 primary public health services (general practitioners, hospitals, first-aid posts, family advice bureau or other public centers supplying medical services, such as diagnosis or specialist examinations); 4 collective transport routes that, at least for part of a normal business day, have a minimum frequency (half-hourly service); 4 public schools (compulsory attendance schools + kindergartens); 4 bakeries and greengroceries; 4 recycling facilities or services for solid waste (including recycling bins).