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2. Composite Indicators for Sustainability Assessment: Methodological Developments

verfasst von : P. Zhou, L. P. Zhang

Erschienen in: Energy, Environment and Transitional Green Growth in China

Verlag: Springer Singapore

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Problems such as climate change, environmental pollution and depletion of natural resources pave the way of sustainable development. Past two decades have seen the development of numerous indicators for sustainable development to support policy analysis and decision making. Recently, composite indicators have evolved as a popular analytical tool for sustainability assessment. The construction of composite sustainability indicators involves not only the determination of underlying indicators but also their weighting and aggregation. This chapter provides a systematic and up-to-date review of recent methodological developments in constructing composite sustainability indicators, which range from normalization methods to aggregation models. The pros and cons of each method/model have been discussed. Other fundamental aspects, e.g. the principles of selecting aggregation function and robustness analysis, are also discussed.

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Titel: Composite Indicators for Sustainability Assessment: Methodological Developments
verfasst von: P. Zhou
L. P. Zhang
Verlag: Springer Singapore
Buch: Energy, Environment and Transitional Green Growth in China
Print ISBN: 978-981-10-7918-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-10-7919-1

Copyright-Jahr: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7919-1_2