Tool summary

Name of the tool
Set of Local Sustainability Indicators (LSI)

Description of the tool
Sustainable Development Indicators represent a list of 48 indicators for monitoring and assessment of the Velingrad Municipality Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS) implementation.

The indicators were classified in seven categories divided into relevant subgroups:
• Ecology (air, waters, soils, waste, preservation of the biodiversity);
• Economy (financial and human resources and mechanisms);
• Social environment (struggle against poverty, demographic dynamics, education, social phenomena and public health);
• Urban management and residential policy (urban and administrative structure and residential policy);
• Urban infrastructure (state of pavement, percent of the inhabitants using the sewage system in the municipality).
• Land use (Degree of agriculture mechanization in the mountainous areas, change in land use)
• Local governance (Decisions made by the Municipal Council leading towards sustainable development, public access to information).

The indicators, needed for evaluating respective actions and the aimed state of the urban system, were outlined in each subgroup; alternative indicators were proposed where lack of relevant information was expected.

Specific topic
Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS)

Sector/s of use

Waste	Energy	Water	Transport	Green/Blue	Building & Land use
1	1	1	1	1	M

M - main sector, 1 - sub sector and 0 - n/a

Scale of applications

Component	Building	Neighbourhood	City	Region
0	0	0	1	1