ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS AS AN IMPORTANT PART WHEN DESCRIBING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS AS AN IMPORTANT PART WHEN DESCRIBING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Summary/Abstract: In order to operationalize the concept of sustainable development a general and flexible methodology by a systematic approach is necessary to be developed. This makes possible the application of sustainable development to each concrete case with the specific conditions of the observed system. An important role play sustainable development indicators and their components. Such indicators are needed in order to establish aims, to quantify them, to verify the possible effects of measures before introducing them and to help the decision making process. In the development of SDIs three directions are to be observed. Fuzzy logic offers the chance to integrate complexe qualitative entities in mathematical models and represents a transparent methodology. The possibility to define a modular sustainable development indicator will be discussed, wherein environmental indicators are very important. Environmental indicators are characterizing the air, water and soil pollution. An indicator for air pollution API is proposed and applied on regional level for two countries. The results will be discus-sed and conclusions concerning the usage potential of the presented methodology will be drawn.

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