Mapping sustainability measurement

a review of the approaches, methods, and literature

Agnieszka Gehringer, Susann Kowalski (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

XV, 174 Seiten

2024 | 1. Auflage
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-47381-4 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

lt;p>This book explores modern approaches to sustainability and its measurement. It thoroughly reviews a wide range of existing sustainability measurement systems. Accordingly, the book documents the state of progress toward sustainability measurement by first assessing the past development of wellbeing measurement going beyond GDP and synthesizing the various conceptual approaches to sustainability and its dimensions. It then explores crucial methodological aspects that stay at the core of constructing a sound index system. In the main part of the book, we map the available indices or index systems, their conceptual and methodological backgrounds as well as approaches, which have not yet resulted in an index, but have the potential to contribute to a better understanding of sustainability. More specifically, the book assesses the scope, motivation, and potential usage of each index. It also documents their limitations and drawbacks. This mapping exercise is useful for policymakers, researchers, and practitioners as it offers a detailed and compact overview of where we are and what we still need to account for when measuring sustainability.

lt;p>Agnieszka Gehringer is a professor of economics at TH Köln University of Applied Sciences and a senior research analyst at the Flossbach von Storch Research Institute, Germany. She is also a lecturer at the University of Göttingen. She has published several articles in academic journals on innovation economics, productivity, international trade, and finance.

Susann Kowalski is a professor at TH Köln University of Applied Sciences (Germany) and has been teaching courses on intercultural competencies and management as well as personal development, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels for over 20 years. Since 2020, she has been working on the Sustainable Society Index (SSI) and conducting research on sustainability issues.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part I. Conceptual context of sustainability.- Chapter 2. From economic welfare through a broader wellbeing to sustainability.- Chapter 3. Delimitating sustainability and its dimensions.- Part II. Towards the measurement of sustainability.- Chapter 4. An in-depth exploration of the three sustainability dimensions based on the SDGs.- Chapter 5. What features should a sound index system have?.- Chapter 6. A case study of the Sustainable Society Index (SSI).- Part III. Mapping sustainability measurement.- Chapter 7. Methodology.- Chapter 8. Results of the mapping exercise.- Part IV. Challenges ahead.- Chapter 9. Quality assessment of the existing sustainability measurement systems.- Chapter 10. Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	04.01.2024
Reihe/Serie	Sustainable Development Goals Series
Zusatzinfo	Illustrationen
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	545 g
Einbandart	gebunden
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Sozialwissenschaften
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
Schlagworte	compound indicators • Economics of the SDGs • Economic Sustainability • Environmental sustainability • index systems • Performance Score • Social Sustainability • Sustainability Measurement • Sustainable Development Goals
ISBN-10	3-031-47381-7 / 3031473817
ISBN-13	978-3-031-47381-4 / 9783031473814
Zustand	Neuware