Indicators of Sustainable Development

Quality of life counts 1999

Quality of life counts, the UK Government's core set of indicators of sustainable development has been brought together in a new updated compilation: Quality of life counts - update 2004.

This part of the site covers the original Quality of life counts published in December 1999.

Quality of life counts 1999 provided a baseline assessment, looked in detail at a core set of 147 indicators for the UK, the messages they sent, and established benchmarks against which future progress could be measured.

This site includes all the material in the QoLC 1999 Report.

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Contents (PDF 105kb)

Foreword (PDF 152kb)

Summary (PDF 183kb)

Chapter 1 Indicators and the sustainable development strategy (PDF 237kb)

Chapter 2 Criteria for sustainable development - the framework and models (PDF 615kb)

Chapter 3 The headline indicators - assessing the implications for sustainable development. Analysis and the Headline indicators (PDF 356kb)

Chapter 4 The core set of indicators. Summary and Introduction (PDF 283kb)

• A sustainable economy
  • A Doing more with less: improving resource efficiency (PDF 268kb)
  • B Economic stability and competitiveness (PDF 265kb)
  • C Developing skills and rewarding work (PDF 279kb)
  • D Sustainable production and consumption (PDF 309kb)
• Building sustainable communities
  • E Promoting economic vitality and employment (PDF 551kb)
  • F Better health for all (PDF 196kb)
  • G Travel (PDF 206kb)
  • J Access (PDF 200kb)
  • K Shaping our surroundings (PDF 210kb)
  • L Involvement and stronger institutions (PDF 187kb)
• Managing the environment and resources
  • M An integrated approach (PDF 211kb)
  • N Climate change and energy supply (PDF 707kb)
  • P Air and atmosphere (PDF 609kb)
  • Q Freshwater (PDF 201kb)
  • R Seas, oceans and coasts (PDF 205kb)
  • S Landscape and wildlife (PDF 232kb)
• Sending the right signals
  • T Sending the right signals (232kb)
• International co-operation and development
  • U International co-operation and development (PDF 205kb)

Chapter 5 Further analysis of the indicators:integration and uncoupling (PDF 324kb)

Chapter 6 International, national, regional, and local indicators (PDF 223kb)

Chapter 7 Consultation to develop the indicators (PDF 179kb)

Chapter 8 Future work, In the United Kingdom, International initiatives (PDF 110kb)

Data associated with indicators in Chapter 4 and in Chapter 5. (zip archive of Excel workbooks 660kb)

Annex A Llist of objectives and indicators within the framework of the sustainable development strategy (PDF 46kb)

Annex B Index of all the indicators by key word (PDF 52kb)

Annex C Glossary of abbreviations, acronyms and symbols used (PDF 21kb)

Technical Annex technical information and details of sources for each indicator as a technical annex where such data was available. Consolidated here for archive purposes. (PDF 210kb)