Sustainable development aims to achieve social justice, sustainable economies and environmental sustainability. However, developed nations use sustainability levels that are different from equivalents of undeveloped countries. Origin of these differences depends from standard quality of life that is permitted in each country obviously. Principles of sustainable development are invariants but, in the last period and in the developed nations, public opinion is more sensible to environmental problems. So, different weight for each element of triad (social justice, economy, environment) is adopted in each country. But many problems about energy, environment, poorness, loss of biodiversity, climate change, ozone layer, etc., cannot be resolved by a country or nation alone. And minimum value of sustainability must be agreed from countries united in world summits. Models have been achieved to monitor sustainability and to assure development. Then, a lot of indicators have been proposed as products or inputs of these models. Models together with indicators define an information system. This one is main instrument to support decision about complex problem in sustainable development. Between different information systems, Territorial Information Systems (TIS) are more adapted to manage environmental data. In the last period we used TIS support to examine new questions about different fields that are all into sustainable development area: air-pollution and urban transportation, agriculture and farm activity support, environmental impact, etc.. Finally, we presents some examples of our TIS applications: planning support dedicated to farm activity, planning rural area to guarantee effective biological culture and urban transport. Planning support consists of several parameter controls and of a programmed activity necessary to increase quality of products. Planning rural area supports politician decision and association of farms. Sustainability of transport represents a problematic issue, because its regulation involves in other fields as environment and economic structure and the same transport sustainability defines complex interaction between mobility, commerce, social justice and development.

Integrated data and utilities to support sustainable planning / Ferrara, Vincenzo. - STAMPA. - 67:(2003), pp. 375-382. (Intervento presentato al convegno First International conference on sustainable planning and development tenutosi a Skiathos, Greece nel 1 -3 October 2003) [10.2495/SPD030351].

Integrated data and utilities to support sustainable planning

FERRARA, Vincenzo
2003

Abstract

Sustainable development aims to achieve social justice, sustainable economies and environmental sustainability. However, developed nations use sustainability levels that are different from equivalents of undeveloped countries. Origin of these differences depends from standard quality of life that is permitted in each country obviously. Principles of sustainable development are invariants but, in the last period and in the developed nations, public opinion is more sensible to environmental problems. So, different weight for each element of triad (social justice, economy, environment) is adopted in each country. But many problems about energy, environment, poorness, loss of biodiversity, climate change, ozone layer, etc., cannot be resolved by a country or nation alone. And minimum value of sustainability must be agreed from countries united in world summits. Models have been achieved to monitor sustainability and to assure development. Then, a lot of indicators have been proposed as products or inputs of these models. Models together with indicators define an information system. This one is main instrument to support decision about complex problem in sustainable development. Between different information systems, Territorial Information Systems (TIS) are more adapted to manage environmental data. In the last period we used TIS support to examine new questions about different fields that are all into sustainable development area: air-pollution and urban transportation, agriculture and farm activity support, environmental impact, etc.. Finally, we presents some examples of our TIS applications: planning support dedicated to farm activity, planning rural area to guarantee effective biological culture and urban transport. Planning support consists of several parameter controls and of a programmed activity necessary to increase quality of products. Planning rural area supports politician decision and association of farms. Sustainability of transport represents a problematic issue, because its regulation involves in other fields as environment and economic structure and the same transport sustainability defines complex interaction between mobility, commerce, social justice and development.
2003
First International conference on sustainable planning and development
Territorial information systems
04 Pubblicazione in atti di convegno::04b Atto di convegno in volume
Integrated data and utilities to support sustainable planning / Ferrara, Vincenzo. - STAMPA. - 67:(2003), pp. 375-382. (Intervento presentato al convegno First International conference on sustainable planning and development tenutosi a Skiathos, Greece nel 1 -3 October 2003) [10.2495/SPD030351].
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