- Sustainable Development Indicator (SDI) Group
- SDI Inventory, Organized by Issue
- Working Draft, Version 3, October 8, 1996
Definition: Adequate land suitable for agriculture
Candidate SDI:
- Arable Land Per Capita (310 UN CSD)
- Definition: Arable land per capita (ha/capita)
- SDI Framework Element: Agricultural Land (1.2.2.1)
- Element Characteristic: Area of Agricultural Land
Definition: Loss of forest land due to logging, disease, or infestation
Candidate SDI:
- Consumption Non-wood Products (90 USDA FS)
- Definition: supply and consumption/use of non-wood products from forests
- SDI Framework Element: Crude Materials for Further Processing (2.1.3)
- Element Characteristic: Amount of Wood Products
- Deforestation Rate (396 UN CSD)
- Definition: Area of forest harvested per year for lumber
- SDI Framework Element: Harvesting of Biota (3.1.2.3)
- Element Characteristic: Area of Forest Land
- Forest Area (318 UN CSD)
- Definition: Forest area (km2)
- SDI Framework Element: Forest Land (1.2.2.3)
- Element Characteristic: Area of Forest Land
- Forest Land for Timber (67 USDA FS)
- Definition: Area of forest land and net area of forest land available for timber production.
- SDI Framework Element: Productive Capacity (1.2.1.6)
- Element Characteristic: Area of Forest Land
- Lumber Harvest Rate (315 SDI Group)
- Definition: Volume of lumber harvested per year (km3/annum)
- SDI Framework Element: Harvesting of Biota (3.1.2.3)
- Element Characteristic: Volume Lumber per Year
- Protected Forest Land (321 UN CSD)
- Definition: Protected forest area as % of total land area
- SDI Framework Element: Forest Land (1.2.2.3)
- Element Characteristic: Area of Protected Forest Land
- Reforestation Rate (320 UN CSD)
- Definition: Reforestation rate (km3/annum)
- SDI Framework Element: Forest Land (1.2.2.3)
- Element Characteristic: Volume Lumber per Year
- Reforested Land (150 CEQ)
- Definition: millions of acres of public and private forest land reforested
- SDI Framework Element: Forest Land (1.2.2.3)
- Element Characteristic: Area of Reforested Land
- Roundwood Production (316 UN CSD)
- Definition: Annual roundwood production (m3)
- SDI Framework Element: Harvesting of Biota (3.1.2.3)
- Element Characteristic: Volume of Lumber
- Tender Stocks (317 UN CSD)
- Definition: Tender stocks (m3)
- SDI Framework Element: Productive Capacity (1.2.1.6)
- Element Characteristic: Volume of Lumber
- Timber Harvest (151 CEQ)
- Definition: billions of cubic feet of timber harvested in the U.S.
- SDI Framework Element: Crude Lumber and Wood Products (2.1.3.6)
- Element Characteristic: Volume of Lumber
- Total Tree Growing Stock (68 USDA FS)
- Definition: Total growing stock of both merchantable and nonmerchantable tree species on forest land available for timber production.
- SDI Framework Element: Productive Capacity (1.2.1.6)
- Element Characteristic: Volume
- Wood Product Removal (70 USDA FS)
- Definition: Annual removal of wood products compared to the volume determined to be sustainable.
- SDI Framework Element: Harvesting of Biota (3.1.2.3)
- Element Characteristic: Volume
- Wood Products Consumption (87 USDA FS)
- Definition: supply and consumption of wood and wood products, including consumption per capita
- SDI Framework Element: Crude Lumber and Wood Products (2.1.3.6)
- Element Characteristic: Amount of Wood Products
Definition: Sufficient recreational land, including within urban ecosystems
Candidate SDI:
- Urban Public Parks (31 PCSD)
- Definition: urban green space, park space, and recreational areas
- SDI Framework Element: Urban (1.2.2.7)
- Element Characteristic: Area of Park Land
Definition: Insufficient transportation infrastructure to handle traffic volume
Candidate SDI:
- Commuting Time (256 UN CSD)
- Definition: Travel time for work trips
- SDI Framework Element: Unusable Time (1.1.1.7)
- Element Characteristic: Time
- Public Transportation Use (33 PCSD)
- Definition: use of public and alternative transportation systems
- SDI Framework Element: Transportation, Communications, and Utilities industry (1.1.2.3.10)
- Element Characteristic: Number of People
- Transportation Fuel Consumption (250 UN CSD)
- Definition: Transportation fuel consumption per capita (1)
- SDI Framework Element: Finished Fuels and Related Products and Power (2.1.5.3)
- Element Characteristic: Mass of Fuel Used
Definition: Decline in the economic and social resource base for specific areas within the urban ecosystem
Candidate SDI:
- Urban Decay (368 SDI Group)
- Definition: Number of cities experiencing a sharp decline in population and income within the last 30 years.
- SDI Framework Element: Urban (1.2.2.7)
- Element Characteristic: Number of Cities
Definition: Conversion of land to urban land
Candidate SDI:
- Agriculture Land Conversion (415 SDI Group)
- Definition: Prime agricultural land area converted to urban use per year
- SDI Framework Element: Agricultural Land (1.2.2.1)
- Element Characteristic: Area of Land
- Coastal Area Population (183 NOAA)
- Definition: Population increases in coastal areas
- SDI Framework Element: Human Habitat Capacity (1.2.1.5)
- Element Characteristic: Human Population
- Coastal Area Population Growth (292 UN CSD)
- Definition: Population growth in coastal areas (%)
- SDI Framework Element: Human Habitat Capacity (1.2.1.5)
- Element Characteristic: Human Population
- Coastal Housing (184 NOAA)
- Definition: Housing trends in coastal areas
- SDI Framework Element: Human Habitat Capacity (1.2.1.5)
- Element Characteristic: Area of Land
- Urban Land Conversion (20 PCSD)
- Definition: land area converted to urban use per year
- SDI Framework Element: Ecosystems, Land (1.2.2)
- Element Characteristic: Area of Land
- Urban Migration (412 SDI Group)
- Definition: Number of people moving into cities greater than 100,000
- SDI Framework Element: Population (1.1.1.5)
- Element Characteristic: Area of Land