Abstract
Environmental and sustainable development indicators have proliferated since the Rio Earth Summit. This paper attempts to evaluate five indices developed in recent years: the Sustainable Society Index, Happy Planet Index, Environmentally Responsible Happy Nations Index, Responsibility-Capacity Index and Sustainability Index by Fuzzy Evaluation. These indices aggregate information about environmental and development indicators. A comparison of the empirical values of the indices reveals that they do not provide a consistent picture and that the aggregation methods are subjective and debatable. Nevertheless, they all show that the majority of nations in the world need to re-examine their development policies. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 140-150 |
| Journal | International Journal of Environmental Studies |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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