Sustainable Development Indicator Group

Working Draft Framework, Version 2, June 4, 1996

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1.1.2.3 Tangible Reproducible Capital

Definition: Wealth, as in money or property, owned, or accumulated by an individual, partnership, or corporation used or available for use in the production of more wealth. This includes all physical infrastructure (buildings, roads, tools, machinery, etc.) used to produce goods and services. The framework organizes Tangible Reproducible Capital by industry (a particular branch of manufacture and trade dedicated to the commercial production and sale of a specific set of goods and services).

Definition Source: Webster's II New Riverside University Dictionary

Tangible Reproducible Capital Categories:

1.1.2.3.1 Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Industry: The branch of manufacture and trade based on the growing and/or harvesting of organic commodities. This includes all livestock and livestock products, food and other agricultural products, forestry and fishery products, and all associated services. This does not include lumber and wood products (see Manufacturing)

------1.1.2.3.1.1 Agriculture Crop Industry

------1.1.2.3.1.2 Agriculture Livestock Industry

------1.1.2.3.1.3 Agriculture Services Industry

------1.1.2.3.1.4 Fishing, Hunting, and Trapping Industry

------1.1.2.3.1.5 Forestry Industry

1.1.2.3.2 Construction Industry: The branch of manufacture and trade based on the building, maintaining, and repairing structures. This includes drilling and solid mineral exploration.

------1.1.2.3.2.1 Building Construction Industry

------1.1.2.3.2.2 Heavy Construction Industry

------1.1.2.3.2.3 Special Trade Construction Industry

1.1.2.3.3 Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate Industry: The branch of manufacture and trade based the management of money, banking, investments, and credit (finance), the coverage of loss in return for premiums (insurance), and the buying and selling of land and property (real estate).

------1.1.2.3.3.1 Depository Institutions Industry

------1.1.2.3.3.2 Holding and Other Investment Industry

------1.1.2.3.3.3 Insurance Carrier Industry

------1.1.2.3.3.4 Insurances Agents, Brokers, and Service Industry

------1.1.2.3.3.5 Nondepository Credit Institution Industry

------1.1.2.3.3.6 Real Estate Industry

------1.1.2.3.3.7 Security and Commodity Broker Industry

1.1.2.3.4 Manufacturing Industry: The branch of manufacture and trade based on the fabrication, processing, or preparation of products from raw materials and commodities. This includes all foods, chemicals, textiles, machines, and equipment. This includes all refined metals and minerals dirrived from extracted ores. This includes all lumber, wood, and pulp products.

------1.1.2.3.4.1 Apparel Industry

------1.1.2.3.4.2 Chemical and Allied Industry

------1.1.2.3.4.3 Electronic and Electrical Equipment Industry

------1.1.2.3.4.4 Fabricated Metal Industry

------1.1.2.3.4.5 Food and Kindred Industry

------1.1.2.3.4.6 Furniture and Fixtures Industry

------1.1.2.3.4.7 Industrial and Commercial Machinery Industry

------1.1.2.3.4.8 Leather Industry

------1.1.2.3.4.9 Lumber and Wood Industry

------1.1.2.3.4.10 Measuring, Analyzing and Controlling Instrument Industry

------1.1.2.3.4.11 Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries

------1.1.2.3.4.12 Paper and Allied Industry

------1.1.2.3.4.13 Petroleum Refining and Related Industry

------1.1.2.3.4.14 Primary Metal Industry

------1.1.2.3.4.15 Printing, Publishing, and Allied Industry

------1.1.2.3.4.16 Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastic Industry

------1.1.2.3.4.17 Stone, Clay, Glass, and Concrete Industry

------1.1.2.3.4.18 Textile Mill Industry

------1.1.2.3.4.19 Tobacco Industry

------1.1.2.3.4.20 Transportation Equipment Industry

1.1.2.3.5 Mining Industry: The branch of manufacture and trade based on the extraction of ores, fossil fuels, minerals, stone, clay, gravel, and similar commodities. This does not include the refinement of these commodities (see manufacturing)

------1.1.2.3.5.1 Coal Mining Industry

------1.1.2.3.5.2 Metal Mining Industry

------1.1.2.3.5.3 Nonmetallic Mineral Mining Industry

------1.1.2.3.5.4 Oil and Gas Extraction Industry

1.1.2.3.6 Nonclassifiable Industries: Various branches of manufacture and trade not easily catagorized in other industies. This includes noncomparable imports, scrap, secondhand goods, and household industries. This also includes the Òrest of the worldÓ adjustment to final uses and the inventory valuation adjustment. (Definition Source: Standard Industrial Classification)

1.1.2.3.7 Public Administration: All executive, legislative, judicial, administrative and regulatory activities of Federal, State, local and international governments.

------1.1.2.3.7.1 Administration of Economic Programs

------1.1.2.3.7.2 Administration of Environmental Quality and Housing Programs

------1.1.2.3.7.3 Administration of Human Resource Programs

------1.1.2.3.7.4 Executive, Legislative, and General Government, Except Finance

------1.1.2.3.7.5 Justice, Public Order and Safety

------1.1.2.3.7.6 National Security and International Affairs

------1.1.2.3.7.7 Public Finance, Taxation, and Monetary Policy

1.1.2.3.8 Retail Trade: All establishments engaged in selling merchandise for peronal or household consumption and rendering services incidental to the sale of the goods.

------1.1.2.3.8.1 Apparel and Accessory Stores

------1.1.2.3.8.2 Automotive Dealers and Gasoline Service Industry

------1.1.2.3.8.3 Building Materials Industry

------1.1.2.3.8.4 Eating and Drinking Places

------1.1.2.3.8.5 Food Stores

------1.1.2.3.8.6 General Merchandise Stores

------1.1.2.3.8.7 Home Furniture, Furnishings, and Equipment Stores

------1.1.2.3.8.8 Miscellaneous Retail Stores

1.1.2.3.9 Services Industry: The branch of manufacture and trade based on performing work for others as an ocupation or business. This includes hotel, repair, computer, legal, advertising, food, entertainment, health, and education services.

------1.1.2.3.9.1 Amusement and Recreation Industry

------1.1.2.3.9.2 Automotive Repair, Services and Parking Industry

------1.1.2.3.9.3 Business Service Industry

------1.1.2.3.9.4 Educational Service Industry

------1.1.2.3.9.5 Engineering, Accounting, Research, and Management Service Industry

------1.1.2.3.9.6 Health Service Industry

------1.1.2.3.9.7 Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps, and Lodging Industry

------1.1.2.3.9.8 Legal Service Industry

------1.1.2.3.9.9 Membership Organizations

------1.1.2.3.9.10 Miscellaneous Repair Service Industry

------1.1.2.3.9.11 Miscellaneous Service Industry

------1.1.2.3.9.12 Motion Pictures Industry

------1.1.2.3.9.13 Museums, Art Galleries, and Botanical and Zoological Gardens Industry

------1.1.2.3.9.14 Personal Services Industry

------1.1.2.3.9.15 Private Household Industry

------1.1.2.3.9.16 Social Service Industry

1.1.2.3.10 Transportation, Communications, and Utilities Industry: The branch of manufacture and trade based on freight , transportation, communications, and utilities. Freight and transportation include railroads, trucking, and public transportation, including transit systems, highways, roads, and bridges. Communications include radio and television, but not newspapers and magizines (see manufacturing). Utilities include water, gas, electricity, sewage, and irrigation, including publically and privately owned infrastructure such as dams, and wastewater treatment plants.

------1.1.2.3.10.1 Air Transportation Industry

------1.1.2.3.10.2 Communications Industry

------1.1.2.3.10.3 Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Service Industry

------1.1.2.3.10.11 Highway Transportation

------1.1.2.3.10.4 Local and Suburban Transit Industry

------1.1.2.3.10.5 Motor Freight Transportation and Warehousing Industry

------1.1.2.3.10.6 Pipelines, Except Natural Gas Industry

------1.1.2.3.10.7 Railroad Transportation Industry

------1.1.2.3.10.8 Transportation Services Industry

------1.1.2.3.10.9 United States Postal Service

------1.1.2.3.10.10 Water Transportation Industry

1.1.2.3.11 Wholesale Trade Industry: All establishments primarily engaged in selling merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional, farm, construction contractors, or professional business users; or to other wholesalers; or acting as agents or brokers in buying merchandise for, or selling merchandise to, such persons or companies.

------1.1.2.3.11.1 Wholesale Trade Durable Goods Industry

------1.1.2.3.11.2 Wholesale Trade Nondurable Goods