Nachhaltigkeit im Bergbau - Indikatoren und Beurteilungssystem

In the course of the development of the Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) in the 1980ies an expression was introduced in the public discussion on environment and development that influenced the international and national policies of the last twenty years in all areas: sustainable development. The UN decided in 1992 to implement a programme with the Agenda 21 which contains the demand for developing indicators for sustainable development. In this context an indicator is understood as a quantitative or qualitative measure that can be measured or described throughout time and which moreover is able to depict the current status and changes. In order to enable for a simple holistic assessment of sustainable development, highly aggregated indicators are required, which integrate the criteria identified as relevant within a framework to be defined. In the presented work sustainability indicators for the mining industry are developed, that account for the allowances of the sustainable development concept and the Agenda 21. The indicators are quantifiable and traceable through time so that developments can be traced and assessed. Furthermore the indicators account for the multidimensional aspect of sustainable development. They are designed to allow for the integration of several dimensions in one indicator. The premises that are underlying the development of the indicators are the minimization of negative impacts on the environment and society while simultaneously considering the maximization of social and economic factors. Moreover, the participative momentum that is part of the sustainability idea is safeguarded in explicitly integrating the social acceptance of certain measures into the assessment. The indicators presented base on the logical combination of statements through the use of Boolean algebra. Starting with basic statements for which the logical value is oriented on the sustainability paradigm complex multidimensional statements can be constructed and assessed.

Grantor dc:publisher

Publikationsserver der RWTH Aachen University

Year dc:date

2008

Author dc:creator

• Pateiro Fernández, José Benito

Contributors dc:contributor

• Martens, Per Nicolai

• info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/550
• Nachhaltigkeit
• Bergbau
• Indikator
• Nachhaltige Entwicklung
• Rohstoffwirtschaft
• Rohstoffgewinnung
• Mineralischer Rohstoff
• Rohstoff
• Geowissenschaften
• Beurteilungssystem
• Sustainability
• Mining
• Sustainable Development
• Raw Materials Industry
• Indicators
• Assessment System

Statement dc:rights

• info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Language dc:language

ger

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