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robustness of the rankings involved. The aim of this paper is to show that composite indicators can be safely used, provided that … rankings are built via uncertainty analysis rather than using a single composite. For this purpose, the approach we follow … then derives the rankings from the frequency distribution of the rankings of each “competitor” according to each composite …
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This paper advances a composite indicator called urban environmental virtuosity index (UEVI), in order to measure the efforts made by public local bodies in applying an ecosystem approach to urban management. UEVI employs the less exploited process-based selection criteria for representing the...
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pricing (area, volumetric, two-part tariff and block-rate), studying their impact on the sustainability of irrigated areas …-pricing scenario, a multidimensional set of sustainability indicators (economic, social and environmental ones) has been obtained. All … farms. The results obtained show how pricing irrigation water will have a negative impact on farms’ sustainability, since …
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Is it possible to compare rankings from different sources when the individual rankings of the top x elements differ? To … investigate this question, 2015 sustainable rankings from 4 sources that have ranked the top globally most sustainable … corporations are considered (Corporate Knights, Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies, Newsweek's Green Rankings, and Harris …
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This paper was developed at the request of the OECD Working Party of the Investment Committee to document efforts to date to define and measure green FDI and to investigate the practicability of various possible definitions, as well as to identify investment policy restrictions to green FDI. It...
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