SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS

Definition of an INDICATOR

Indicators are statistical parameters directed at providing local authorities with relevant summary information regarding a specific phenomenon. They make it possible to relate those variables whose definition corresponds to specific objectives associated with the phenomenon being analysed.

SISAL21 Indicators

In this case, we have 32 indicators which, in turn, are divided into sub-indicators which either help or allow the indicators to be calculated. The sustainability indicators provide information on the sustainability status and dynamics of a municipality, and also allow comparisons to be established between different municipalities or regions. The indicators serve a double purpose:

• They provide information on the municipality sustainability status and trend or, to put it another way, they serve as an instrument to facilitate the analysis or diagnosis of the structural aspects of the municipality and those environmental vectors whose management directly affects the local sustainability status.

• They act as a tool to monitor the implementation and impact of the action plans in progress to improve the sustainability status and trend.

List of indicators:

1. Structural aspects

Population  1. Population growth rate  Annual population growth rate  Inter-census population growth rate  2. Population characterization  Ageing index  Ageing index  Male ageing index  Female ageing index  Young people index  Young people index  Masculinity rate  Economic and working environment  3. Economically active population rate  Economically active population rate  Economically active male population rate  Economically active female population rate  4. Working population rate  Working population rate  Male working population rate  Female working population rate  5. Unemployment  Number of persons unemployed  Unemployment rate per 1000 inhabitants  6. Employment rate per 1000 inhabitants  Characterisation of the local services and infrastructures  7. Existence of public green areas and local services  Surface area of green space per inhabitant  Existence / non existence of services  A. Existence of Primary Health Care services  a. Existence of Primary Health Care Centres (nº of centres)  b. Existence of Clinics (nº of centres)  B. Existence of urban / Interurban Transport Lines  C. Existence of Compulsory Education Schools (nº schools)  Number of schools / 1000 inhabitants  A. Number of retail shops per 1000 inhabitants  B. Number of banks per 1000 inhabitants  Urban furniture (number of inhabitants per container)  A. Glass  B. Packaging  C. Paper  8. Sustainable use of land  Artificialized surface of the municipality  Intensity of use (inhabitants / km2 urbanized land)  Protected land surface area  9. Social accessibility to the housing supply  10. Metres of road network for pedestrians and cycles and metres per inhabitant  Municipal pedestrian network  Municipal pedestrian network put into service  Municipal pedestrian network put into service per inhabitant  Municipal pedestrian network  Municipal pedestrian network per inhabitant  Cyclist network  Municipal cyclist network put into service  Municipal cyclist network put into service per inhabitant  Municipal cyclist network  Municipal cyclist network per inhabitant  Mobility and transport  11.Local mobility and passenger transport  Average number of journeys made per inhabitant and day  for regular journeys (work and studies) and occasional journeys (others) made during the week  Percentage of journeys to work  Percentage of journeys for study purposes  Percentage of occasional journeys (others)  Average distance travelled (kms / inhabitant and day)  Average distance travelled to work  Average distance travelled for study reasons  Average distance travelled for occasional reasons  Type of transport used  Percentage of journeys on foot  Percentage of journeys made by private vehicle  Percentage of journeys by public transport  Percentage of journeys made by bike  Percentage of journeys by motorbike  12. Percentage of journeys made by under 16 schoolchildren between home and school according to transport type  On foot  Private vehicle  Public transport  By bike  by motorbike  13. Car density in the urban area  14. Car ownership level  Environmental management, organisation and awareness  15. Sustainable management by the local authorities and local companies  management by the local authorities  Sustainable management by local companies  16. Products that promote sustainability  Products that promote sustainability at the council facilities  Recycled paper consumption frequency  Renewable energy consumption frequency  Low energy lamp consumption frequency  17. Municipal expenditure on the environment per inhabitant  Municipal current expenditure on the environment  Total municipal expenditure on the environment  Expenditure on the L.A.P  18. Financial autonomy ratio  19. Number of environmental campaigns promoted by the local authorities

2. Environmental vectors

Management of Environmental Studies (GEA) and biotic medium  20. Percentage of forest area  21. Recovery of protected nature areas  Surface area where maintenance and recovery tasks have been carried out  Budget allocated to maintenance and recovery  Water  22. Water consumption from the municipal mains water supply  Total water consumption from the municipal mains water supply  Domestic water consumption from the municipal mains supply  23. Efficiency of the potable water supply system  24. Wastewater management  Energy  25. Electricity consumption in the domestic sector  26.Public lighting energy consumption  27. Use of renewable energies  use of renewable energies in municipality managed public buildings  Installation of renewable energies by small producers  Urban waste  28. Generation of Solid Urban Waste  29. Recovery of Solid Urban Waste

3. Participation of the general public

Citizen satisfaction  30. Citizen satisfaction with the local community  Level of citizen satisfaction with living conditions in the municipality  Level of citizen satisfaction with certain local public services  Health services  Level of satisfaction  Education services  Level of satisfaction  Security services (local police)  Level of satisfaction  Cultural services  Level of satisfaction  Sports services  Level of satisfaction  Potable water supply  Level of satisfaction  sewage system  Level of satisfaction  Solid urban waste management  Level of satisfaction  Road cleaning  Level of satisfaction  Public thoroughfare (wastepaper bins, benches, lighting, signposting)  Level of satisfaction  Urban public transport  Level of satisfaction  Inter-urban public transport  Level of satisfaction  Level of satisfaction with certain local aspects  A. Access to housing  B: Employment opportunities in the municipality  C. Green spaces, parks and gardens  E. Natural environment (countryside, rivers …)  F. Citizen participation  G. Quality of urban environment (noise, air, odours …)  Formation of associations  31. number of associations formed  Mechanisms for citizen participation  32. Annual meetings of the Local Agenda 21 Forum