Indicadores Urbanos

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DevelopmentObservatory
University of Costa Rica
Dr. Edgar E. Gutierrez-Espeleta
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10 years of experience in the systematization of
indicators for the sustainability of development
Costa Rica
Prof. Edgar E. Gutiérrez-Espeleta, Ph.
D. egutierr_at_cariari.ucr.ac.cr
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1993

• A group is formed at the University of Costa Rica
  in order to measure the sustainability of the
  agriculture and natural resource sectors in Latin
  America and the Caribbean (gtz/IICA).

• Conceptual axes
• Productivity
• Equity
• Resilience
• Stability

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• 1994
• The National Commission for Environmental
  Statistics is created (inter-institutional)
  CONEA
• In 1996 the first national workshop on
  Environmental Statistics was held

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1994

• Establishment of the team that set forth the
  State of the Nation in Sustainable Human
  Development Projectsponsored by UNDP, the
  National Council of Presidents of Public
  Universities and the Ombudsmans Office
• The first report is published in 1995, and since
  then, annually
• The conceptual framework focuses on five
  components
• Equity and social integration
• Opportunities, stability and economic solvency
• Harmony with nature
• Strengthening of democracy and good governance
• Primary relationships, social relationships and
  values

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1997
Building upon the CONEA initiative, the National
Planning Ministry offers to institutionalize this
commission within the National System for
Sustainable Development The Technical Advisory
Commission for the coordination and generation of
information for sustainable development is thus
created (INFODES) It ceases to function in 1998
due to lack of funding ( political backing)
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1997
The National Council for Sustainable Development
was not able to operate, and therefore, there
hasnt been a conceptual framework for
sustainable development in Costa Rica, yet
Under this situation, it is proposed to
establish a program for democratizing the access
to information on national development
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Creation of the Development Observatory at the
University of Costa Rica, with support from
Capacity 21/ UNDP and the Legislative Assembly
1997
It currently has four programs a) Quality of
life b) Environment and development c) Software
and methodology development d) Sustainable
development network
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CD ROM
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Combine variables
Re-initiate cycle
Start from the beginning
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2001 UNCSD testing of 57 proposed indicators
With the support from UNDESA
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• Each indicator presents
• Definition
• Unit of measurement
• Purpose and pertinence
• Comment
• Table with data and annual variation
• And graphical exhibit

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Environmental
Proposed indicators 19
Tested indicators 14
Additional indicators 2
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Economic
Proposed indicators 14
Tested indicators 13
Additional indicators 1
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Institutional
Proposed indicators 6
Tested indicators 6
Additional indicators 1
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Social
Proposed indicators 18
Tested indicators 17
Additional indicators 3
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These indicators have been introduced in the data
base and will be presented as part of the TDC (CD
ROM Web site)
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2001 I National Workshop of Environmental
Experts, October 2001 - GEO-Costa Rica
project Among other things Define a minimum set
of environmental variables in order to initiate
the National System of Environmental Information
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Work on environmental statistics produced under
UNEP GEO project
GEO Environmental statistics on Latin America
and the Caribbean
Printed publication with some 180 statistics and
indicators on environmental resources and
socioeconomic factors. The data are presented in
quinquennial historical series from 1970 to 1995,
and annually from that year to the year 2000.
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Development of UNEP regional data base
Regional and UN sources have been used
Sources are specialized in the matter (for
instance, although FAO publishes population data,
this organization is used as reference only on
statistics on agriculture, forests and fisheries)
Sometimes, even though there is information,
access to it is restricted. Decision has been
made to change regional sources for global ones,
for which access is less restricted
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Issues and sources
LAND FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization)
FORESTS FAO
BIODIVERSITY World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)
FRESHWATER Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
MARINE AND COASTAL AREAS WCMC FAO
ATMOSPHERE Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE)
URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Center (CELADE) ONU CEPAL
NATURAL HAZARDS The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
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GEO CD-ROM Statistics and documentation on the
environment UNEP
A compendium of more than 200 statistics and
indicators on environmental resources and
socioeconomic factors, with their definition,
references and graphs, updated and presented in
quinquennial historical series from 1970 to 1990,
and annually from 1990 to 2002. This information
is compiled by countries and is aggregated by sub
regions.
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• 2001
• XIII Latin American and the Caribbean Forum of
  Environmental Ministers, Rio de Janeiro, October
  2001
• Decision 6 Environmental indicators
• Among other things
• Designate country focal points in order to
  produce a work plan for Sustainable Development
  indicators for the 2002-2005 period
• Hold a workshop on this matter no later than
  November 2001
• Hold an expert workshop in March 2002 with
  support from the Forums Interagency Technical
  Committee

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Decision 8 Working groups and coordinating
countries A new working group is established,
coordinated by Costa Rica, on the issue of
environmental indicators (Decision
6) Coordination is under way with the Secretariat
of the Interagency Technical Committee in order
to constitute and initiate the groups work A
meeting of the working group is being planned to
be held beginning June 2003
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Costa Rica and UNEP main goal

• Develop an environmental data hub

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