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“Otherwise, a 'garbage in-garbage out' outcome may be produced (Funtowicz and Ravetz 1990), which in this case is that of a composite indicator reflecting 'insincere' dimensions in relation to those desired (Munda 2005a).”
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“The choice of the proper annotation, though, essentially boils down to the choice of the proper aggregation method (Munda 2005a, p. 118;OECD 2008, p. 33).”
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- Authors
- Munda, G.
- Affiliations
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Munda, Giuseppe
- ORCID
- Munda, Giuseppe
- Venue
- Environment, Development and Sustainability
- Published
- 2005-01
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 117-134
- ISSN
- 1387-585X (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2975
- OpenAlex
- W1994748731
- Cited by
- 358
- References
- 50
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- FWCI
- 31.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Environment Development and Sustainability (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Joint Research Centre (European Commission) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Generalitat de Catalunya
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Quality of Life Measurement
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Multi-Criteria Decision Making
- Keywords
- sustainability measurement, sustainability assessment, multi-criteria decision making, sustainability indicators, indicator aggregation, economic growth and environmental degradation, regional economic sustainability
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