ISD: A New Methodological Approach for Measuring the Sustainability of the German Energy System

Table 4

Sustainability indicators of the German government: quality of life.

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2004	2006	2010	2015	2020
(II) Quality of life
(10) Economic prosperity
GDP per capita in 1995 prices			23281	23950
(11) Mobility
Transport intensity 1999 = 100
Passenger traffic			100				90		78
Goods traffic			100				98		95
Proportion of freight transported by rail			15%					25%
Proportion of inland shipping	8%							14%
(12) Nutrition
Proportion of organic farming in %				3.2			20
Nitrogen surplus (kg/ha)				116.6			80
(13) Air quality
Concentration of air pollution 1990 = 100			54	52				30
(14) Health
Premature mortality (below 65)
Women			150
Men			300
Satisfaction with health
Men				6.6
Women				6.4
(15) Crime
Burglaries involving a break-in				140000			126000
Source: [14]									IEK-STE 2011