2 Business Environment |
Table 2.9: The Headline Sustainable Development Indicators[1]
THEMES, ISSUES AND OBJECTIVES |
KEY INDICATORS |
Change 1990-1999 |
Maintaining High And Stable Levels Of Economic Growth And
Employment |
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Social Progress Which Recognises The Needs Of Everyone |
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Tackle
poverty and social exclusion |
Percentage of elderly in fuel poverty People of working age without qualifications People of working age in workless households Children living in families with persistently low incomes |
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Equip
people with the skills to fulfil their potential |
Qualifications at age 19 |
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Improve the health of the population |
Expected years of healthy life |
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Reduce the proportion of unfit
housing stock |
Homes judged unfit to live in |
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Reduce
crime and fear of crime |
Violent crime |
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Vehicle theft; burglary |
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Effective Protection Of The Environment |
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Reduce
our emissions of greenhouse gases |
Emissions of greenhouse gases |
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Reduce
air pollution |
Days when air pollution is moderate or high |
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Reduce
the need to travel and improve choice in transport |
Road traffic |
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Improve
river water quality |
River water quality |
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Reverse
the long-term decline in populations of farmland and woodland birds |
Populations of wild birds |
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Re-use
previously developed land |
Per cent of new homes built on previously developed land |
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Prudent Use Of Natural Resources |
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Move
away from disposal of waste towards waste minimisation, reuse, recycling
and recovery |
Household waste arisings and management |
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Other waste arisings and management |
N/A |
Note: For some indicators, the latest available data differs
from 1999. See data notes and sources.
Denotes significant change, in direction of meeting objective |
Denotes no significant change |
Denotes significant change, in direction away from meeting
objective |
N/A denotes insufficient or no comparable data. |
Last updated on 12 March 2002