where I
i
– the integral indicator of the i-th system; n – the number of indicators in
the system.
The list of indicators to determine the integral indicator cannot be constant and
should be adjusted according to changing trends or development factors. Based on
existing scientific research and available statistical data, a three-level system of
indicators was proposed. The principles of integrated environmental, economic and
social assessment, characterizing the level of sustainable development of the country,
are shown in Fig. 5.
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Indicators
Using fresh water
Extraction of oil and natural gas
Using of forest resources
Working out and land reclamation
Emissions of harmful substances
Polluted water
Recycling and waste
Gross regional product
Consumer Price Index
Industrial production output
Capital investments
Income and expenditure
The cost of nature protection
Imports and exports of goods
Salary and others.
Fertility and mortality; Morbidity
Children's morbidity; Number of offenses
The amount of people with a higher
education
Life expectancy
Supply of housing and modern living
conditions
Unemployment and others.
Integral indicator of ecological system
▪
Indicator of ecological pressure
▪
Environmental Protection
indicator
▪
Natural resource indicator
Integral indicator of economic system
▪
The indicator of Economic
Development
▪
The indicator Environmental
Economics
▪
The indicator personal
development
▪
The indicator of human life support
▪
The indicator social and economic
development
Integral indicator of social system
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Figure 5. Principles of the integrated economic, social and environmental
assessment
The first level consists of more than 50 basic representative indicators
characterizing the development of the country. The second – with three integrated
indicators of the state of subsystems, which comprehensively reflect changes in the
national economy. The third, formed from the second level indicators, is an integrated
indicator – an index of environmentally sustainable development and «green» economy
(I).
For stages of the transition period of development, a scale of interval changes in
integral indicators has been developed, which makes it possible to correlate the period
and trends of development, and also to interpret the results obtained. The achievement
of the conditions under which the system does not go from one state to another has
made it possible to formulate criteria for the correspondence of variations in the
changes in integral indicators to the trends in the development of the region (Table 3).
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