Ranking of EU countries in terms of the value of environmental governance indicators in 2010 and 2015
Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to analyze the indicators of environmental governance as one of the elements of sustainable development. The results of the study show the ranking of EU countries in terms of the value of selected indicators in the years 2010 and 2015, and the analysis of how these indicators influenced the position of individual countries in the ranking. The Hellwig method was used to analyze the data in this study. The main findings are that relatively low greenhouse gas emission in CO2 equivalent, a high share of renewable energy in transport fuel consumption and a high recycling rate of packaging waste are main determinants of sustainable development on the environmental field. This factors are affecting the position of individual states in the ranking.
Source: Economics and Environment
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7134151981