Sustainability of Nations
Tracing stages of sustainable development of nations with integrated indicators
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19499802 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kees Zoeteman (0000-0002-3243-7253, a Ministry for Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment , The Hague, The Netherlands, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 93-109 |
| Publication date | 2001-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-4509 • E-ISSN: 1745-2627 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13504500109470067 |
| OpenAlex | W1572794242 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 9 |
A method is presented to interrelate the development of economy, environment and social quality in communities. Economy and environment, in initial development stages, oppose each other. Social welfare and economy generally develop simultaneously. To assess overall progress in sustainable development, an integrated and quantifiable framework is presented which defines five levels of sustainability. Increasing sustainability is characterized by growing responsibility for the impacts of man's actions in space and time. Through increased eco-efficiency and changed awareness, nations and companies arrive at a synergistic relationship between environment and economy. It is indicated that social security benefits expenditure increases by a factor 3.5 and carbon dioxide emissions per capita decreases by a factor 3 at each higher level of sustainability. Quantified differences in sustainability levels of 24 nations are shown. Priorities for improving and safeguarding sustainability are indicated
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental economics · Market economy · Natural resource economics · Per capita · Political science · Safeguarding · Social sustainability · Sustainability · Sustainability organizations · Sustainable development · Welfare · Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy · Ecology
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2004 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |