Journal
SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su13020761
Keywords
sustainable development; composite index; cluster analysis; spatial autocorrelation analysis; France
Funding
- Region of Normandy
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Sustainability has been a key focus for European governments since the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals by the United Nations. This paper constructs six composite indices to evaluate and compare the performance of 96 metropolitan French Departments in terms of sustainable development, providing five different regional profiles. The approach used in this study allows for the identification of strengths and weaknesses in the implementation of sustainable development policies, laying the groundwork for systematic monitoring at the regional scale.
Since the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals by the United Nations, sustainability has been a key priority for European governments. While previous studies have investigated the associations between indicators of sustainable development, few have directly considered a multidimensional approach to assess and compare the performance of regions in terms of sustainable development. As such, a comprehensive assessment of regional sustainable performance is thus still needed. In this paper, the concept of sustainability relies on the construction of six composite indices (environment and natural resources, energy transition, sustainable mobility, economic dynamism, social cohesion and solidarity, and governance and citizenship) with the aim to provide an evaluation framework for empirically comparing the performance of the 96 metropolitan French Departments. Each dimension is explored by spatial autocorrelation analysis and Hierarchical Ascending Classification (HAC) to classify French Departments providing five different regional profiles of sustainable development. The findings make it possible to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the departments in the implementation of sustainable development. This approach provides the bases for a systematic monitoring of sustainable development policies at the regional scale.
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