The Sustainable Society Index: Analysis of the Recent Situation of the Sustainability Worldwide

Miguel Rodríguez Rosa; Purificación Galindo-Villardón; Isabel Gallego Álvarez

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The Sustainable Society Index: Analysis of the Recent Situation of the Sustainability Worldwide

Rodríguez-Rosa, Miguel ^[1] ; Galindo-Villardón, María Purificación ^[1] ; Gallego-Álvarez, Isabel ^[1]
1. [1] Universidad de Salamanca
  
  Universidad de Salamanca
  
  Salamanca, España
Localización: Cuadernos económicos de ICE, ISSN 0210-2633, Nº 101, 2021 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Indicadores macroeconómicos ambientales. El caso español), págs. 277-298
Idioma: inglés
DOI: 10.32796/cice.2021.101.7197
Títulos paralelos:
- El Índice de Sociedad Sostenible: análisis de la situación reciente de la sostenibilidad en el mundo
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- español
  Este artículo tiene como objetivo investigar la situación reciente sobre sostenibilidad en países de todo el mundo según el Sustainable Society Index. Se usó la estrategia multivariante del Análisis Parcial Triádico (una generalización del Análisis de Componentes Principales para datos tridimensionales) para analizar las relaciones entre los países e indicadores a lo largo del periodo 2006-2016. Los resultados obtenidos destacan que los indicadores sociales y económicos, como Deuda Pública, están relacionados con países que tienen ingresos más altos, es decir, los países con mayores ingresos prestan más atención a la sostenibilidad social y económica, mientras que los países con ingresos más bajos están más conectados con temas medioambientales. También, con este procedimiento, se puede destacar la posible evolución de los países o indicadores durante el periodo, es decir, podemos ver cómo se comportó cada país respecto a la sostenibilidad a lo largo del tiempo.
- English
  This paper aims to investigate the recent situation about the sustainability in countries worldwide according to the Sustainable Society Index. The Partial Triadic Analysis multivariate strategy (a generalization of the Principal Component Analysis for three-dimensional data) was used to analyze the relations among countries and indicators along the period 2006-2016. The achieved outcomes highlight that social and economic indicators, such as Public Debt, are related to countries having higher incomes, that is, countries with higher incomes pay more attention to the social and economic sustainability, while countries with lower incomes are more connected with environmental issues. Also, with this procedure, the conceivable evolution of the countries or indicators during the period can be highlighted, that is, how each country behaved about sustainability along the time.
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