Propozycja miary agregatowej efektów działalności środowiskowej

Celem artykułu jest zaproponowanie miary agregatowej, wykorzystującej arytmetykę przyrostów oraz rachunek wektorowy, umożliwiającej wypełnienie przedstawionej luki. W artykule zaprezentowano również rezultaty zastosowania proponowanej miary w odniesieniu do państw Unii Europejskiej w latach 1999-2012.

The concept of sustainable development is present in political discourse for many years. Considering the complexity of this issue in all studies related to the topic it is very important to choose the appropriate measures used to determine the achievements of regions in terms of sustainable development. Due to the multitude of aspects taken into account, commonly used measures are not precise enough when decisions about environmental policy must be made. Therefore, the approaches which focus only on the development of that aspect are used. One of the most signifi cant approaches is the Environmental Performance Index (EPI). The aim of the article is to present general information about EPI and its rankings limited to European Union countries. Additionally, based on data used for the calculation of EPI, the composite indicator with arithmetic of increments and vector calculus is presented.