Constructing the FEEM sustainability index: A Choquet integral application

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 189-202

  Pinar, Mehmet ^a   Cruciani, Caterina ^b,c   Giove, Silvio ^b,c   Sostero, Matteo ^b,d  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^d SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Choquet integral; Composite indicators; Multi attribute value theory; Sustainability indices

Indexed keywords

CHOQUET INTEGRAL; COMPOSITE INDICATORS; CONVEX COMBINATIONS; MULTI-ATTRIBUTE VALUE THEORIES; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL; SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS;

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; SURVEYS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SUSTAINABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84892646210     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.12.012     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. E. Agliardi Sustainability in uncertain economies Environ. Resour. Econ. 48 2011 71 82
2. K.J. Arrow, P.S. Dasgupta, L.H. Goulder, G. Daily, P.R. Ehrlich, G.M. Heal, S. Levin, K.-G. Mäler, S. Schneider, D.A. Starett, and B. Walker Are we consuming too much? J. Econ. Perspect. 18 2004 147 172 (Pubitemid 39532560)
3. K.J. Arrow, P.S. Dasgupta, L.H. Goulder, K.J. Mumford, and K. Oleson Sustainability and the measurement of wealth Environ. Dev. Econ. 17 2012 317 353
4. C. Bohringer, and A. Loschel Computable general equilibrium models for sustainability impact assessment: status quo and prospects Ecol. Econ. 60 2006 49 64 (Pubitemid 44574396)
5. H. Bossel Indicators for Sustainable Development: Theory, Method, Applications 1999 International Institute for Sustainable Development Winnipeg, Manitoba
6. G. Bruntland Our Common Future: The World Commission on Environment and Development 1987 Oxford University Press Oxford
7. R. Budnitz, G. Apostolakis, D. Boore, L. Cluff, K. Coppersmith, C. Cornell, and P. Morris Recommendations for Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis: Guidance on Uncertainty and the Use of Experts. Report No.: NUREG/CR-6372 1997 US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington
8. C. Carraro, L. Campagnolo, F. Eboli, E. Lanzi, R. Parrado, and E. Portale Quantifying Sustainability: A New Approach and World Rankings. Working Papers 94.2012 2012 Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
9. G. Choquet Theory of capacities Annales de l'Institut Fourier 5 1953 131 295
10. V.H. Dale, R.A. Efroymson, K.L. Kline, M.H. Langholtz, P.N. Leiby, G.A. Oladosu, M.R. Davis, M.E. Downing, and M.R. Hilliard Indicators for assessing socioeconomic sustainability of bioenergy systems: a shortlist of practical measures Ecol. Indic. 26 2013 87 102
11. O. Despic, and S.P. Simonovic Aggregation operators for decision making in water resources Fuzzy Sets Syst. 115 2000 11 33
12. F. Eboli, R. Parrado, and R. Roson Climate change feedback on economic growth: explorations with a dynamic general equilibrium model Environ. Dev. Econ. 15 2010 515 533
13. EPI Environmental Performance Index: Summary for Policymakers 2010 Yale and Columbia Universities
14. ESI Environmental Sustainability Index 2005 Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy New Haven
15. K. Etminani, M. Naghibzadeh, and J.M. Peña DemocraticOP: a democratic way of aggregating Bayesian network parameters Int. J. Approx. Reason. 54 2013 602 614
16. EEA EEA Core Set of Indicators-Guide. Report No. 1/2005 2005 European Environment Agency Copenhagen
17. EU SDS Review of the European Union Sustainable Development Strategy-Renewed Strategy 2006 Council of the European Union Brussels
18. FEEM FEEM Sustainability Index Methodological Report 2011 2011 Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Available from: http://www.feemsi.org/documents/ FEEM%20SI%202011%20Methodological%20Report%202011.pdf
19. M. Fleurbaey Beyond the GDP: the quest for a measure of social welfare J. Econ. Lit. 47 2009 1029 1075
20. M. Fleurbaey, and D. Blanchet Beyond GDP: Measuring Welfare and Assessing Sustainability 2013 Oxford University Press New York
21. M. Grabisch Fuzzy integral in multicriteria decision making Fuzzy Sets Syst. 69 1995 279 298
22. M. Grabisch The application of fuzzy integrals in multicriteria decision making Eur. J. Oper. Res. 89 1996 445 456 (Pubitemid 126386777)
23. M. Grabisch k-order additive discrete fuzzy measures and their representation Fuzzy Sets Syst. 92 1997 167 189
24. M. Grabisch, J.L. Marichal, R. Mesiar, and E. Pap Aggregation Functions. Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications, No 127 2009 Cambridge University Press Cambridge
25. GRI Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Report 2009/2010 2010 Global Reporting Initiative Amsterdam
26. G. Grossman, and A. Krueger Environmental impacts of a North American free trade agreement P. Garber, The U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement 1993 MIT Press Cambridge 13 56
27. E.P. Klement, R. Mesiar, and E. Pap Triangular Norms 2000 Kluwer Academic Publishers Netherlands
28. D. Krajnc, and P. Glavic A model for integrated assessment of sustainable development Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 43 2005 189 208 (Pubitemid 39463098)
29. J.L. Marichal Aggregation Operators for Multicriteria Decision Aid (Ph.D. thesis) 1998 Institute of Mathematics, University of Liège
30. J.L. Marichal An axiomatic approach of the discrete Choquet integral as a tool to aggregate interacting criteria IEEE Trans. Fuzzy Syst. 8 2000 800 807
31. J.L. Marichal, and M. Roubens Determination of weights of interacting criteria from a reference set Eur. J. Oper. Res. 124 2000 641 650
32. M. McGillivray The human development index: yet another redundant composite development indicator? World Dev. 19 1991 1461 1468
33. M. McGillivray, and H. White Measuring development? The UNDP's human development index J. Int. Dev. 5 1993 183 192 (Pubitemid 24383588)
34. P. Meyer, and G. Ponthière Eliciting preferences on multiattribute societies with a Choquet integral Comput. Econ. 37 2011 133 168
35. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Synthesis 2005 Island Press Washington
36. G. Munda Environmental economics, ecological economics, and the concept of sustainable development Environ. Values 6 1997 213 233
37. G. Munda Measuring sustainability: a multi-criterion framework Environ. Dev. Sustain. 7 2005 117 134
38. G. Munda, and M. Nardo Non-compensatory/non-linear composite indicators for ranking countries: a defensible setting Appl. Econ. 41 2009 1513 1523
39. G. Munda Choosing aggregation rules for composite indicators Soc. Indic. Res. 109 2012 337 354
40. T. Murofushi, and S. Soneda Techniques for reading fuzzy measures (iii): interaction index 9th Fuzzy System Symposium Saporo, Japan 1993 693 696
41. M. Nardo, M. Saisana, A. Saltelli, and S. Tarantola Tools for Composite Indicators Building 2005 European Commission Ispra
42. B. Ness, E. Urbel-Piirsalu, S. Anderberg, and L. Olsson Categorising tools for sustainability assessment Ecol. Econ. 60 2007 498 508 (Pubitemid 46016987)
43. OECD JRC Handbook on Constructing Composite Indicators: Methodology and User Guide 2008 OECD Paris
44. T. Panayotou Empirical Tests and Policy Analysis of Environmental Degradation at Different Stages of Economic Development. Working Paper WP238 1993 Technology and Employment Programme, International Labor Office Geneva
45. M. Saisana, S. Tarantola, and A. Saltelli Uncertainty and sensitivity techniques as tools for the analysis and validation of composite indicators J. Roy. Stat. Soc. A Sta. 168 2005 307 323 (Pubitemid 40427712)
46. A. Saltelli, S. Tarantola, F. Campolongo, and M. Ratto Sensitivity Analysis in Practice. A Guide to Assessing Scientific Models 2004 John Wiley & Sons Publishers New York
47. A. Saltelli Composite indicators between analysis and advocacy Soc. Indic. Res. 81 2007 65 77 (Pubitemid 46476964)
48. T.M. Selden, and D. Song Environmental quality and development: is there a Kuznets curve for air pollution emissions? J. Environ. Econ. Manag. 27 1994 147 162 (Pubitemid 2121065)
49. L.S. Shapley A value for n-person games H.W. Kuhn, A.W. Tucker, Contributions to the Theory of Games (Annals of Mathematics Studies 28) 1953 Princeton University Press Princeton 307 317
50. R.K. Singh, H. Murty, S. Gupta, and A. Dikshit An overview of sustainability assessment methodologies Ecol. Indic. 9 2009 189 212
51. F. Ulengin, Y.I. Topuc, and S.O. Sahin An integrated decision aid system for Bosphorus water-crossing problem Eur. J. Oper. Res. 134 2001 179 192 (Pubitemid 32650700)
52. UN CSD Indicators of Sustainable Development - CSD Theme Indicator Framework 2005 UN Commission on Sustainable Development New York
53. P. Vincke Outranking approach T. Gal, T.J. Stewart, T. Hanne, Multicriteria Decision Making. Advances in MCDM Models, Algorithms, Theory and Applications 1999 Kluwer Boston 305 333
54. World Bank The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium 2010 World Bank Washington
55. R.R. Yager Families of OWA operators Fuzzy Sets Syst. 59 1993 125 148