Assessing progress towards SDGs implementation using multiple reference point based multicriteria methods: The case study of the European countries

E Ricciolini, L Rocchi, M Cardinali, L Paolotti… - Social Indicators …, 2022 - Springer
To achieve the UN 2030 Agenda Goals, and considering their complexity and
multidisciplinary, Multi-criteria analysis appears to be a suitable approach to give a true …

[HTML][HTML] How does technological progress impact transportation green total factor productivity: A spatial econometric perspective

X Yang, Z Jia, Z Yang - Energy Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
The improvement of transportation green total factor productivity (GTFP) is crucial to the high-
quality development of China's economy under the new normal. Through dynamic and cross …

Harnessing spatial heterogeneity in composite indicators through the ordered geographically weighted averaging (OGWA) Operator

E Fusco, MP Libório, H Rabiei‐Dastjerdi… - Geographical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Spatially heterogeneous weights and a non‐compensatory aggregation scheme, are two
important properties needed to construct a composite indicator capable of summarizing …

Assessment of OECD Better Life Index by incorporating public opinion

G Koronakos, Y Smirlis, D Sotiros… - Socio-Economic Planning …, 2020 - Elsevier
Well-being has a multidimensional nature as it depends on multifaceted factors such as
material conditions and quality of life. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and …

Spatial dependence in production frontier models

K Ayouba - Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2023 - Springer
In recent years, spatial dependence in production frontier models has attracted considerable
research attention. This is explained, among other things, by the observation that in many …

Escaping social–ecological traps through ecological restoration and socioeconomic development in China's Loess Plateau

Z Wang, B Fu, X Wu, Y Li, S Wang, N Lu - People and Nature, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The social–ecological trap is an emerging concept that describes situations in which self‐
reinforcing social and ecological feedbacks maintain or push a social–ecological system …

[HTML][HTML] A geometric aggregation of performance indicators considering regulatory constraints: An application to the urban solid waste management

DC Ferreira, P Caldas, M Varela… - Expert Systems with …, 2023 - Elsevier
There are several ways of aggregating partial performance indicators into composites, each
of them with advantages but also shortcomings and caveats. The objectivity demanded for …

Quality of life in the European Union: A multidimensional analysis

N Rogge, I Van Nijverseel - Social Indicators Research, 2019 - Springer
This paper quantifies and analyses subjective quality of life in the EU countries as a
multidimensional concept using subjective citizen satisfaction data on eight different life …

Measuring human development by means of composite indicators: open issues and new methodological tools

LS Alaimo, E Seri - Quality & Quantity, 2023 - Springer
Over the years, the Human Development Index has become a reference measure of quality
of life and well-being. Its growing importance has been accompanied by a lively debate in …

Potential improvements approach in composite indicators construction: The Multi-directional Benefit of the Doubt model

E Fusco - Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of the present paper is to propose an innovative method to construct composite
indicators, starting from an attractive frontier approach called Multi-directional Efficiency …