Sustainable development indicators: Case study for South Morava river basin [Serbia]
2013
Veljković, Nebojša D. (Ministry of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning, Belgrade (Serbia). Serbian Environmental Protection Agency)
The subject of this research study is the elaboration and evaluation of indicators of sustainable development in the field of river basin management. The aggregate indicator entitled Ecoregion Sustainable Development Index is identified by calculation of an average value by the procedure of leveling of proportion changes of three key indicators (demographic emission index, water quality index, and industrial production index). The developed aggregate indicator of sustainable development is calculated and analyzed for South Morava river basin in Serbia, for the period from 1980 to 2010. The beneficiaries of these indicators are the experts from the field of environmental protection and water management, who should use it for elaboration of reports directed towards the creators of economic development policies and river basin management planning. Elaborated according to the given methodology, the indicator Ecoregion Sustainable Development Index is available for the decision makers on the national level, internationally comparative and it provides the conditions for further elaboration and application.
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