Development of Environmental Indicator Systems: Experiences from Germany
Development of Environmental Indicator Systems: Experiences from Germany
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DOI:
10.1007/s002670010048
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发表时间:
2000-05
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
R. Walz
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作者:
R. Walz
ABSTACT I EnVironmenta! indicator systems alm 10 improve bot~ the information and communicatJon on the slale 01 lhe environment and Ihe environmental poUcy making. They Mve 10 ruHm sclentilic. funclional and pragmatic require· menls, eg., consideration 01 9cologlcal conte>< l, lranspar-9ncy and reproducibilily, comprehensibUity, pollcy rel-evance, international comparability, and justifiable expenditure. This paper analyzes the experiences made with Ihe developmenl 01 the German envfrOMlsnlal indicatorIn st=\'t= ral counuics over the past few)'cal's, work has bt= en clone to develop environmental indicator systcms supplemcnling cnvironmcntal reporting. They aim to improve both thc information and the eommunlcation on the state of the environment. In addition, they should serve as an aid for environmental policy makers. On the international level. the introduction of envi· ronmental indicator s~ tems has been pushed by the OEeD. On the European level, the work of Eurostat and the rect= ntly established European Em· ironmenlill Agency (1998) h: u to be mentioned. However, the sdentific foundation ofthcsc eifort.'! i! sometimes questioned. It is argued that the setection of indicaton: is much more driven by data availability than by the requiremenu for asound envirorunental indicator sys-tem (German Council ofEnvironmcntal Advisers 1994). To support the introduction of environmental indicator s)'ltems in Germany, lhe Fcderal Emironmt= nt Agency funded a research projeclon rite taplc" Furthel'development of indicator systems for environmental reporting," This research projecl was carried OUt by lhe Fraunhofer Institute of Systems and Innovation Research (ISI). The projecl aimed at the development of an indicator system in lhe shart run. In addition, the indicator system... hould take advantage of the interna· tional work on environmental indicator developmcnt,