Indicators for Sustainable Development in the Quang Tri Province, Vietnam

Hai, Le Trinh; Hải, Phạm Hoàng; Khoa, Nguyen Truong; Hens, Luc

doi:10.1080/09709274.2009.11906213

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“…This first indicator set was compiled by the authors and will be called 'the initial set' throughout this paper. Its indicators were derived from existing international sustainability indicator sets for CDM projects (Heuberger et al 2007;Nussbaumer 2009;PCFplus 2002;Sutter and Parreno 2007), as well as from existing Vietnamese sustainability indicator sets (Hai et al 2009). The few already existing sustainability indicators for CDM projects in Vietnam (Hieu no date) were also included in the proposed new indicator set.…”

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Sustainability indicators for clean development mechanism projects in Vietnam

Hugé

Trinh

Hải

et al. 2009

Environ Dev Sustain

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The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is one of the flexible instruments of the Kyoto Protocol designed to combat climate change so as to bring advantages to developing countries and developed countries alike. Indeed, CDM projects have a two-fold objective: to offset greenhouse gas emissions and to contribute to sustainable development in the host country. However in many cases, the latter objective appears to be marginalized. This is at least partly due to the difficulties surrounding the definition and the measurement of sustainability, in particular in a developing country context. To assess CDM projects' contribution to sustainable development in the host country, scholars and practitioners need adapted indicator sets. A set of indicators were developed by way of an iterative Delphi approach amongst selected Vietnamese experts. The Delphi approach allowed a systematic collection of the experts' judgements on the sustainability indicators through a set of sequentially applied questionnaires, interspersed with feedback from earlier responses. This exercise resulted in the selection of a set of 36 indicators, which emphasise economic efficiency, public health and pollution issues. The exercise yielded a locally supported and context-specific set of sustainability indicators that will allow Vietnamese decision-makers to enhance the sustainability of the approved CDM projects.In the future this set should be continually improved through real-life application and further participation from local stakeholders. This study is a first step in a long-term process towards developing an adapted toolkit for sustainability assessment of CDM projects in Vietnam.Keywords Sustainable development Á Clean development mechanism Á Indicators Á Delphi Á Vietnam Readers should send their comments on this paper to BhaskarNath@aol.com within 3 months of publication of this issue.

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Sustainability indicators for clean development mechanism projects in Vietnam

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Trinh

Hải

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“…The technique uses a structured format to elicit opinions and potential consensus among a group of stakeholders or experts in their field. As a result, the method has become increasingly popular and widely used in technology, education and other fields (Lim and Yang, 2009), and has been used successfully in developing indicators of sustainability in diverse fields such as road infrastructure projects (Lim and Yang, 2009), ecotourism (Barzekar et al, 2011) and communities (Hai et al, 2009).…”

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Development of a sustainability assessment framework for geothermal energy projects

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Axelsson

2015

Energy for Sustainable Development

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“…5 and Q ≤ 0.5 and rating variance (rv i ) < 15% The following two steps are essential before proceeding to calculate the combination index.…”

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“…The results shown here for sustainability subindexes for I HEA , I ENV and the I CSD are the most important. Generally, the lower the values, the smaller the improvement and vice versa [5].…”

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Software for Sustainability Assessment: a Case Study in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam

Hai

Hải

Thai

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Sustainable development is a widespread concept. Indicator selection and sustainability assessment are basic methods to analyse the sustainable development process. This study aims to develop a software application to select indicators and to allocate weightings to the indicators and the sub-indexes, so that they can be listed in a sustainability assessment. The Visual Basic software is used to develop a software package based on Delphi, analytic hierarchy, normalization and combination processes. Software for sustainability assessment was developed. Thirty-five indicators are selected as a first step of which eight health indicators and eight environmental ones and their sub-indexes are given weightings. The indicators are normalized. Sub-indexes are combined into a composite sustainable development index. The model is validated showing the 'main features' of the sustainability situation on health and environmental aspects in the Quang Tri province during the period 2000-2005. The results support the decision-making process of the competent authorities.

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Indicators for Sustainable Development in the Quang Tri Province, Vietnam

Cited by 14 publications

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Sustainability indicators for clean development mechanism projects in Vietnam

Sustainability indicators for clean development mechanism projects in Vietnam

Development of a sustainability assessment framework for geothermal energy projects

Software for Sustainability Assessment: a Case Study in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam

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