Building demographic factors into local programmes for sustainable development

Demographic trends and factors are taken into account when implementing integrated environment and development programmes at the local level.

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.

1. Using research results to assess sustainable development issues
2. Supporting demographic changes for sustainable development
3. Managing demographic change
4. Developing sustainable population policy
5. Assessing financing costs of sustainable development
6. Assessing costs

1. Strengthening research to build demographic factors into local sustainable development programmes
2. Strengthening capacity to build demographic factors into national sustainable development policies
3. Addressing problems of forced relocation of peasants onto marginal lands

1. Designing sustainable urban settlements

1. Strengthening role of local authorities in sustainable development
2. Preparing analytical framework for sustainable development and impact on population
3. Improving status of women
4. Improving socio-cultural factors which support population policies
5. Improving literacy for women
6. Focusing on programmes serving multiple demographic and sustainable development goals
7. Ensuring participatory process for programme planning
8. Documenting population trends
9. Designing sustainable development programmes with school staff and students

1. Building demographic factors into national policies for sustainable development

1. Unsustainable
2. Undeveloped
3. Underpopulation
4. Underdevelopment
5. Overpopulation
6. Overdevelopment
7. Nonlocal
8. Development
9. Depopulation