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Projects Overview (Explanations) Transformative Approaches Project (Explanations) Sustainable Development Issues (Well-being) Configuring strategic dilemmas in intersectoral dialogue | Annex to Processing Documents on Sustainable Development Issues described in associated documents, which are all part of a separate report (Configuring Globally and Contending Locally: shaping the global network of local bargains by decoding and mapping Earth Summit inter-sectoral issues, 1992, 5 mb PDF). For other tables on strategies see: confidence ploys; value-based; typology for sustainable development; Chinese strategems The following is the well-being cluster of the set of 450 issues derived from international declarations: Brundtland Report (Our Common Future), Agenda 21, and in sectoral declarations (see declaration checklist annex). The collection of the complete set of issues together is available in PDF form (Declaration Issues: Sorted by Code Combination) and highlights certain patterns. The set of 6 clusters is: [P=Population | W=Well-being (below) | L=Learning | T=Trade | E=Environment | R=Regulation ] Columns in the table, as for other clusters, are coded in relation to Figure 1a. 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. The coding procedure is described elsewhere.  # P W L T E R   Issue name Document 1    W            WELL-BEING:   5  P  W    T  E  R    Basic welfare sufficiency needs    3  P  W      E      Provide adequate shelter for all  A21/7  3  P  W      E      Personal health / whole system health  Doc35  3  P  W        R    Infant mortality  Doc4  3  P  W        R    Access to health care  BR  3  P  W        R    Protection against communicable diseases  A21/6  3  P  W        R    Immunization against main childhood diseases  Doc27  3  P  W      E      Epidemics / AIDS  Doc2  5  P  W  L    E  R    Increasing environmental risk (eg skin cancer, toxicity)  Doc2  3    W    T  E      Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation  A21/2  3    W  L      R    Disability (physical/mental)  A21/6  3    W    T    R    Nutrition/Malnutrition/Hunger  BR  3  P  W        R    Lack of uniform regulatory standards for food  Doc2  3  P  W    T        Chemicals in food  A21/19  3  P  W        R    Social security/Old age security  BR  3  P  W      E      Homelessness / Forced migration  Doc2  1    W            Movement / Sleep    3  P  W        R    Social neglect / Deprivation    3    W  L      R    Identity needs    3    W  L      R    Self-expression / Creativity  Doc35  3    W  L      R    Challenge / New experience  Doc35  3  P  W  L          Relationship / Belongingness / Roots / Community  Doc2  3    W  L      R    Purpose / Transcendental relationship  Doc35  3    W  L      R    Privacy (infringement)    3  P  W        R    Religious/spiritual experience  Doc15  5  P  W  L  T    R    Social/Family tensions/unrest/breakdown  BR  3  P  W  L          Ethnic disintegration    3    W  L      R    Unmet aspirations  BR  3  P  W  L          Ethical decay / Moral imperfection    3  P  W  L          Indifference to suffering   3  P  W  L          "Now or never"/disaster mentality  Doc17  3    W  L      R    Alienation/Delinquency/Decadence    3    W  L      R    Substance abuse / Drug addiction  BR  3  P  W        R    Civil disobedience  Doc34  3  P  W        R    Intimidation/Harassment  Doc34  3    W    T    R    Crime (organized)  BR  3  P  W    T        Livelihood/ Quality of life  Doc27  3  P  W    T        Relationship between poverty and sustainable livelihoods  A21/3  3  P  W  L          Alternative livelihood systems  A21/12  5    W  L  T  E  R    Changing consumption patterns A21/5  3    W  L    E      Undertake research on consumption  A21/5  5    W  L  T  E  R    Profligacy / Overconsumption / excessive materialism  BR  3      L  T  E      Excessive beef/pork consumption  Doc2  5  P  W  L  T  E      Demand for non-essentials  Doc35  3        T  E  R    Move towards environmentally sound pricing  A21/5  3  P        E  R    Exercise leadership through government purchasing  A21/5  3  P  W  L          Provide information on "ecowise consuming"  Doc35  3  P  W        R    Inappropriate social / fiscal policies  Doc2  3  P  W        R    Unsatisfactory standard of living  Doc2  3  P  W    T        Unemployment/Underemployment  BR  3    W    T    R    Underpayment for work  Doc27  3    W    T    R    Absenteeism    3    W    T    R    Conditions of work  BR  3  P  W    T        Exploitation    3  P  W    T        Forced labour/slavery/military service  Doc34  3  P  W    T        Excessive strain/stress    3  P  W    T        Occupational hazards    3    W    T    R    Workers/Trade unions A21/29  3  P      T    R    Strengthen participation and cooperation  A21/29  3    W  L  T        Worker health and environmental safety  Doc1  3  P  W  L          Worker cooperatives  Doc34  3    W    T    R    "Green Work" agreements  Doc1  3    W    T  E      Harmonised environmental guidelines for workplace  Doc1  5    W  L  T  E  R    Clean production, products and services  Doc1  5  P  W    T  E  R    Workplace audits: environmental health and safety  Doc1  3  P  W    T        Worker participation in environmental affairs  Doc1  3  P  W        R    Freedom of association/organisation  Doc1  3  P  W    T        Collective bargaining  Doc1  3  P  W    T        International trade union solidarity  Doc1  3  P  W    T    R    Role of ILO / international standard setting  Doc1  3  P  W        R    Structural violence  Doc27  3  P  W  L          Secularization / Loss of faith    From Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential

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