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Sustainable Development Issues: Clustered by Principal Subject (Population)

Derived from international declarations:

Agenda 21 (1992), Brundtland Report and various NGO and government declarations (see checklist).

Columns coded in relation to Figure 1. In 6 parts:
[P=Population | W=Well-being | L=Learning | T=Trade | E=Environment (below)| R=Regulation ]

The purpose of this coding was to explore configuration of the implicit strategic dilemmas as a global structure (see commentary) and presented as Figures 3a and 3b. In 1999, further experiments, using virtual reality, are underway to configure such issues in three dimensions. The coding procedure is described elsewhere.
 

  P W L T E R   Issue name Document
1 P             POPULATION/SECURITY:  
3  P        E R   Demographic dynamics and sustainability A21/5 
3  P        E  R    Excessive population levels and growth  BR 
3  P    L  T        Relate demographic and environmental trends  A21/5 
3  P  W  L    E  R    Assess implications of current population growth  A21/5 
3  P    L      R    Incorporate demographic features into policy and plans  A21/5 
3  P  W  L          Raise awareness of demography to sustainable development  A212/5 
3  P        E  R    Ageing of world population   
3  P  W  L          Promote human resources development  A21/5 
3  P  W    T        Disasters / accidents  BR 
5  P  W  L  T  E      Natural/Asteroids  Doc20 
5  P  W  L  T  E      Man-made / Accidents  Doc39 
5  P  W    T  E  R    Unsustainable military expenditure  BR 
3  P      T    R    Competitive arms race/Arms culture  BR 
3  P      T    R    Arms trade   
3  P      T    R    Proliferation of nuclear weapons  BR 
3  P  W        R    Socio-political instability/Insecurity  Doc27 
5  P  W    T  E  R   Aggression/Conflict  Doc31 
5  P  W    T  E  R    War (civil, regional)  BR 
5  P  W    T  E  R    War (nuclear, biochemical)  BR 
5  P  W    T  E  R    Individual violence (assault, torture)  Doc34 
5  P  W    T  E  R    Environmental insecurity  BR 
3  P  W    T        Migration to cities / Urban drift  BR 
3  P      T    R    Small island [developing] countries  Doc18 
3  P  W    T        Nuclear accident  Doc27 
3  P  W      E      Environmental refugees  BR 
3  P  W      E      Rural depopulation  Doc27 
3  P  W        R    Land tenure systems / property rights  A21/14 
3  P    L      R    Imbalance of power  Doc32 
3  P    L      R    Dominance/Hegemony  Doc12 
3  P  W        R    Global governance versus self determination  Doc15 
3  P    L      R    Territorial/Boundary/Status disputes  Doc27 
3  P  W        R    Competition/Rivalry   
3  P    L      R    Foreign intervention   
3  P  W        R    Forced resettlement   
3  P  W  L          Forced assimilation   
3  P    L      R    Social inequality/injustice  Doc15 
3  P  W        R    UNDP Human Freedom Index  Doc27 
3  P    L      R    Abuse of power  Doc34 
3  P      T    R    Economic  Doc15 
3  P  W        R    Inequitable land distribution / land reform  Doc2 
3  P      T    R    North/south economic divide  Doc15 
3  P  W    T        Economic vulnerability of underdeveloped world  Doc16 
3  P    L      R    Repression  Doc26 
3  P      T    R    Political  Doc 15 
3  P    L      R    Ethnic/Racial  Doc34 
3  P    L      R    Cultural/Religious/Ideological  Doc15 
3  P    L      R    Chauvinism/Xenophobia   
3  P    L      R    Nationalism / sovereign rights  Doc18 
3  P    L      R    Ethnocentrism   
3  P    L      R    Racism  Doc 15 
3  P    L      R    Tribalism   
3  P    L      R    Discrimination against minorities  Doc2 
3  P  W        R    Vulnerable groups/social systems  BR 
3  P  W  L          Indigenous people  A21/26 
3  P  W  L          Nomads  BR 
3  P  W  L          Recognition of special environmental relationship  A21/26 
3  P  W  L          Protection of traditional rights / compensation  BR 
3  P  W        R    Dispute resolution  A21/26 
3  P  W    T        Subsistence farmers  BR 
3  P  W        R    Marginalised peoples  Doc15 
5  P  W  L  T    R    Women's role  BR 
3  P  W    T        Strengthen role in sustainable/equitable development  A21/24 
3  P  W        R    Participation of women / universal suffrage  BR 
3  P  W  L          Multiple roles (producer, mother, culture, community...)  Doc34 
5  P  W  L  T  E      Domestic and resource managers (fuel wood, food etc.)  Doc2 
3  P  W  L          Misunderstanding of women's needs  BR 
3  P  W    T    R    Equity of employment / wages  Doc2 
3  P  W        R    Access to credit and housing rights  Doc26 
3  P  W  L          Traditional biases against girls and women  Doc27 
3  P  W        R    Women-managed reproductive health care  BR 
3  P  W  L          Availability of sex education/contraception/abortion  Doc4 
3  P  W        R    Planning family size  BR 
5  P W  L  T    R    Youth and children's role  A21/25 
3  P    L    E      Support active involvement in sustainable development  A21/25 
3  P    L    E      Protection of the environment / promotion equitable society  A21/25 
3  P  W  L          Introduction of new values  Doc2 
3  P  W    T        Volunteerism  Doc2 
3  P  W  L          Cross-cultural internships/exchange  Doc2 
3    W  L    E      Networking and environmental education programmes  Doc2 
3  P  W  L          Student/school activities  Doc2 
3  P  W  L          Combat drug trafficking and abuse  Doc34 
3  P    L      R    Youth coalitions / Use of voting power  Doc2 
3  P    L      R    Advisors/advisory councils to governments  Doc13 
3  P    L      R    Unconstrained political ideologies / unrepresentative government  Doc1 
3  P      T    R    Socialism / Communism  Doc1 
3  P      T    R    Capitalism  Doc11 
3  P      T    R    [Neo-]Colonialism / Imperialism  Doc13 
3  P      T    R    Militarism / Fascism  Doc31 
3  P    L      R    Fundamentalism   
3  P    L      R    Inadequate public participation/involvement  BR 
3    W  L      R    Empowering communities  BR 
3  P  W  L          Apathy / Lack of political will / Scepticism  Doc2 
3  P  W  L          Lack of vision / Lack of awareness  Doc15