Measuring the immeasurable -: A survey of sustainability indices
Measuring the immeasurable -: A survey of sustainability indices
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.03.008
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发表时间：
2007-06-15
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7
通讯作者：
Jochem, Patrick E. P.
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作者：
Boehringer, Christoph;Jochem, Patrick E. P.
各国的可持续发展指数提供了一种一维度量衡，用来评估有关可持续发展的三个方面--经济、环境和社会条件--的国别信息。在政策层面，他们提出了一个明确的标准，可以用来衡量一个国家的发展，甚至可以进行跨国比较。本文回顾了各种可持续发展指数在政策实践中的解释力。我们表明，这些指数未能满足基本的科学要求，使得它们在政策建议方面即使不具有误导性，也是相当无用的。(C)2007 Elsevier B.V.保留所有权利。
Sustainability indices for countries provide a one-dimensional metric to valuate country specific information on the three dimensions of sustainable development: economic, environmental, and social conditions. At the policy level, they suggest an unambiguous yardstick against which a country's development can be measured and even a cross-country comparison can be performed. This article reviews the explanatory power of various sustainability indices applied in policy practice. We show that these indices fail to fulfill fundamental scientific requirements making them rather useless if not misleading with respect to policy advice. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.