... Ecological management capacity (monitoring capacity, EIA, SEA, EA). Thirdly, the social capital indicators are qualitative ones which reflect the capacity of local populations to influence on basis ... technical methods. Lack of safe water, for instance, is measured according to the criteria put forward by the World Health Organisation, that takes into account the water quality, quantity and ... has to do with the natural environment. For example, assessments of the poor living in dryland areas may conclude that the main reasons for their persistent poverty are marginal land and a...