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Sustainable cities must look beyond city limits

Sustainable cities must look beyond city limits | The Great Transition | Scoop.it
From www.igbp.net - November 3, 2012 7:05 AM

"City leaders aspiring to transform their cities into models of sustainability must look beyond city limits and include in their calculation the global flow of goods and materials into their realm, argue researchers in the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences journal Ambio."

 

Interesting analysis: if we look at the total footprint of cities, how sustainable are they really? Is urbanisation really the key to future sustainability? And what about the social sustainability of cities in a world of increasing inequality?

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Social Progress Index: another instruments to go "Beyond GDP"

From www.socialprogressimperative.org - April 13, 4:28 AM

The Social Progress Index measures the extent to which countries provide for the social and environmental needs of their citizens. Fifty-two indicators in the areas of basic human needs, foundations of wellbeing, and opportunity show relative performance in order to elevate the quality of discussion on national priorities and to guide social investment decisions. 

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How many of these instruments do we need before political and economic elites will get it? As I feared when the whole Beyond GDP debate started, there is a danger that the search for the best tool will become more important than building the blueprint for a new economy.

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Age Against the Machine

Age Against the Machine | The Great Transition | Scoop.it
From www.project-syndicate.org - September 21, 2012 2:16 AM

"Today, however, older people are largely considered to be out of touch with the modern, technology-driven world, and incapable of paying their own way. But much evidence shows otherwise: if aging were framed as an economic opportunity, the growing number of older people worldwide could become modernity’s gift, rather than society’s burden."

 

Great article at Project Syndicate written by Simon Zadek going against the established narrative on ageing societies.

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