Accounting and Statistical Analyses for Sustainable Development : Multiple Perspectives and Information-Theoretic Complexity Reduction

• Tác giả: Claudia Lemke
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-3658332464
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 338.927 Appropriate technology
• Thông tin xuất bản: Wiesbaden, Germany : Springer Nature, 2021
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 electronic resource (31 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 224778
• Chủ đề: 1. Environmental economics

Tóm tắt

In this Open Access publication Claudia Lemke develops a comprehensive Multi-Level Sustainable Development Index (MLSDI) that is applicable to micro, meso, and macro objects by conducting methodological and empirical research. Multi-level comparability is crucial because the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at macro level can only be achieved if micro and meso objects contribute. The author shows that a novel information-theoretic algorithm outperforms established multivariate statistical weighting methods such as the principal component analysis (PCA). Overcoming further methodological shortcomings of previous sustainable development indices, the MLSDI avoids misled managerial and political decision making.