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1 Appendix 2. Tables, Figures and Boxes APPENDIX 2 TABLES, FIGURES AND BOXES page List of Tables Table 1 Proportion of Global DALYS Associated with the Environmental Exposures Table 2 Examples of Health and Environmental Management Concerns at Local, National and Global Levels 24 Table 3 Selected Sustainable Development Indicators 28 Table 4 Social Indicators of Development 31 Table 5 Indicators of Housing and Urban Conditions 33 Table 6 Selected Indicators for the Third Evaluation of Health-for-All (Morbidity- and Mortality-Related) 34 Table 7 Global Health Indicators (WHO) 35 Table 8 Health and Health-Related Indicators in the Americas 36 Table 9 WHO Programme Indicators 37 Table 10 Selected Environmental Health Indicators 39 Table 11 Indicators of Healthy Cities (European Region) 43 Table 12 Defining Indicators 51 Table 13 Sources of Health and Environmental Information 54 Table 14 The Headline Indicators in the United Kingdom Sustainable Development Strategy 98 Table 15 Proposed Sustainable Development Indicators 100 Table - App1 Union of Selected Core Indicator Sets 149 List of Figures Figure 1 Urbanization Levels and Urban Growth Rates by Region Figure 2 Indicators Used in Decision-Making 21 Figure 3 Reducing Lead in Gasoline 52 Figure 4 Numbers of People Using Different Household Fuels, by Region, 1990s 56 Figure 5 Ambient Concentrations of Air Pollutants, 1995 (China) 56 Figure 6 Mortality Rates of Children under 5, and Level of Education among Girls and Women in Selected African Countries, Figure 7 Per Capita Income by Region, Figure 8 Total and Per Capita Energy Consumption, Figure 9 High Poverty Census Tracts: 40% or More of Population Below the Poverty Line, Figure 10 The Number of Bronchodilator Asthma Treatments Prescribed in Leicestershire 63 Figure 11 Population With and Without Sanitation, All Developing Countries 64 Figure 12 Access to Safe Drinking Water in Selected Countries in Asia,
2 Health in Sustainable Development Planning: The Role of Indicators Figure 13 Trends in Sulfur Dioxide Concentrations, Figure 14 Per Capita Emissions of Carbon Dioxide for the 15 Countries with the Highest Industrial Emissions, Figure 15 Blood Lead Concentrations in Children, Cape Town, South Africa 68 Figure 16 Number of Local Authorities with LA21 Strategies (United Kingdom) 75 Figure 17 A General Partnership Model for Sustainable Development Planning 81 Figure 18 Pressure-State-Response Framework 106 Figure 19 Modification of the Pressure-State-Response Framework 106 Figure 20 Pressure-State-Impact-Response Framework 107 Figure 21 D-P-S-E-E-A Framework (Driving Forces, Pressures, State, Exposures, Health Effects and Actions) 108 Figure 22 Multiple Sources and Pathways of Exposure: the Example of Lead 114 Figure 23 Pollution Levels in Soweto, South Africa 114 Figure 24 Acute Respiratory Infections in Relation to Factors Associated with Housing 123 Figure 25 Transport 126 List of Boxes Box 1 Factors Affecting Health in the Twenty-First Century 12 Box 2 Health Sector Responsibilities 18 Box 3 The European Environment Agency (EEA) Typology of Environmental Indicators 23 Box 4 General Criteria for Indicators 49 Box 5 Criteria for Indicators of Use for International Purposes 49 Box 6 Criteria for Indicators of Use for Local Purposes 50 Box 7 Key Issues for the Comprehensibility of Indicators 61 Box 8 Factors for Presentation of Indicators 61 Box 9 Local Government Responsibilities 74 Box 10 Ingredients for Success of Partnerships 82 Box 11 Targets of the Health-for-All Initiative 93 Box 12 Examples of Driving Force Indicators 109 Box 13 Examples of Indicators Associated with Various Pressures 110 Box 14 Examples of Indicators of the State of the Environment 112 Box 15 Examples of Direct and Indirect Indicators of Exposures 115 Box 16 Examples of Health Effects Indicators 117 Box 17 Examples of Action Indicators 119 Box 18 Examples of Housing-Related Indicators 122 Box 19 Examples of Transport-Related Indicators 125 Box 20 Examples of Agriculture-Related Indicators 128 Box 21 Examples of Air Pollution-Related Indicators 130 Box 22 Examples of Water-Related Indicators
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4 Health in Sustainable Development Planning: The Role of Indicators 158
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6 Health in Sustainable Development Planning: The Role of Indicators 160
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