Human Progress Towards Equitable Sustainable Development – part II: Empirical Exploration
Victor Udo
Public Policy Research and Development, Pepco Holdings Inc., 401 Eagle Run Road, Newark, DE 19714, USA (United States)
Artur Pawłowski
Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Department of Sustainable Development, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 40B, 20-618 Lublin (Poland)
Abstract
The paper propose an empirical definition of sustainable development, which is used for detailed conceptualization and operationalization into an index for comparing national polities. Patterns/gaps of sustainable development index performance among national polities using a sample of 132 countries are explored comparatively based on readily available secondary data. Finally, the fractal-based framework is used to make concluding observations and discussions regarding national polities performance on sustainable development as an index of social sustainability, technological sustainability and environmental sustainability indications.
Keywords:
sustainable development, social sustainability, technological sustainability, environmental sustainabilityReferences
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Victor UdoPublic Policy Research and Development, Pepco Holdings Inc., 401 Eagle Run Road, Newark, DE 19714, USA United States
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Artur PawłowskiFaculty of Environmental Engineering, Department of Sustainable Development, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 40B, 20-618 Lublin Poland
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