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H.-C. Yu & S.-C. Yeh

Abstract

The environmental sustainability index for Taiwan and other major Asian countries: computation and analysis H.-C. YU' & S.-C. yeh2 I Division of Social Sciences, Cheng-Shiu Institute of Technology, Taiwan, ROC 2~raduate Institute of Environmental Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan, ROC Abstract This paper discusses measurement of sustainability, emphasizing indicators applicable to describe the progress toward environmental sustainability for a nation. Among the numerous sustainable development indicators proposed in the last two decades, the environmental sustainability index (ESI) developed by the World Economic Forum (WEF) was selected for performing quantitative analysis based on local data and characteristics of Taiwan and other major Asian countries. Firstly introduced to the public in the WEF annual meeting in the year 2000, the pilot study of ESI was designed to allow international comparison of environmental progress systematically and quantitatively. In 2001, th

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