STATISTICAL ISSUES IN DEVELOPING INDICATORS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Authors
CUSTANCE J HILLIER H
Citation
J. Custance et H. Hillier, STATISTICAL ISSUES IN DEVELOPING INDICATORS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A. Statistics in society, 161, 1998, pp. 281-290
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods","Statistic & Probability","Statistic & Probability
Journal title
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A. Statistics in society → ACNP
ISSN journal
09641998
Volume
161
Year of publication
1998
Part
3
Pages
281 - 290
Database
ISI
SICI code
0964-1998(1998)161:<281:SIIDIO>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
This paper describes the background to the development of a new offici al set of national indicators of sustainable development-one of the fi rst in the world to be published. The paper discusses the role of stat isticians in helping to define sustainable development, and the proble ms of monitoring and reporting progress. The Minister of State for the Environment has announced his ambition of developing a very small set of headline indicators. This paper is intended to help to stimulate t he debate over what they should be.