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4. Relating environmental performance of nation states to income and income inequality

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Morse, Stephen

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The paper explores a number of ways in which environmental quality can be represented by indicators within empirical attempts to look for a relationship between environmental performance, income and income inequality. A total of 16 environmental performance indicators were selected where data were available at the national scale (180 countries), all of which were components of the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) published in early 2016, and included as dependent variables with income/capita (GDP/capita) and distribution of income (Gini coefficient) spanning nearly 20 years as independent variables. Data were analysed using Principal Components Regression. The results generate a rather complex picture whereby some of the EPI component indicators, notably those in the Environmental Health’ category, have a relationship with income and income distribution while others, especially those centred on ‘Ecosystem Vitality’ do not. The paper provides some of the first published evidence for a relationship between environmental performance and income distribution and discusses some of the possible causal factors.

Published
2017

7. Rich Pictures: Sustainable Development and Stakeholders - The Benefits of Content Analysis

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Bell, S, Berg, T, and Morse, Stephen

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This paper concerns the interpretation of pictures which stakeholders draw in order to help them structure and understand complex situations. The pictures in question are called Rich Pictures (RPs) and the matter at the heart of interpretation is insight drawn from eduction (drawing forth). Insights relate to stakeholders of all kinds, be they the individual, the group, the context in which the individual and the group find themselves, and the means whereby the context can be made more sustainable or improved. RP drawing, often as a collaborative, stakeholder exercise, is a powerful activity which has the capacity to break down barriers of language, education and culture. Drawing upon research with RPs from around the world and spanning fifty years of our combined practice, this paper demonstrates RPs utility, universality and resilience. We maintain that RP drawing enriches problem solving and, in the long term, saves time and resources from being expended on erroneous and/or superficial tasks. But the interpretation of RPs is still in its infancy. By use of processes derived from various forms of Content Analysis (CA) we argue that RPs can be applied as a powerful tool in a variety of policy fields. Conclusions for application are drawn and suggestions are made for further research relating to the clearer interpretation of Rich Pictures.

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2016

9. Groups and Indicators in Post-Industrial Society

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Bell, S and Morse, Stephen

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Indicators define our world. We are constantly measured and assessed. Perhaps the most important indicator in current use is Gross Domestic Product or GDP. It is the measure of a nation's success and can be key to its ability to borrow money and appear internationally credible. This paper is set against the current debate ‘Beyond GDP’ begun in November 2007 with the conference hosted by the European Commission, European Parliament, Club of Rome, OECD and WWF. The initiative, with its five actions, recognizes weaknesses in the ways in which indicators of all kinds are collected and presented, and attempts to improve the indicator world, but is the answer to effective information for policy formulation hidden in the articulation of indicators? Maybe indicator use is a function of the ways in which stakeholders are engaged in their use? Our conjecture is that indicator use is little understood and that this use dynamic can be better understood. In this paper, the authors write from the perspective of their work undertaken in the European Union funded Framework 7 project ‘Policy Influence of Indicators’ (POINT; contract no 217207), which began in 2008. A major element of the project involved a number of group workshops designed to elicit viewpoints regarding the use of indicators (including sustainable development indicators) in sustainable development policy at EU and member-state levels

Published
2011

12. A Review on the Challenges for Increased Production of Castor

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Severino, Liv S., primary, Auld, Dick L., additional, Baldanzi, Marco, additional, Cândido, Magno J. D., additional, Chen, Grace, additional, Crosby, William, additional, Tan, D., additional, He, Xiaohua, additional, Lakshmamma, P., additional, Lavanya, C., additional, Machado, Olga L. T., additional, Mielke, Thomas, additional, Milani, Máira, additional, Miller, Travis D., additional, Morris, J. B., additional, Morse, Stephen. A., additional, Navas, Alejandro A., additional, Soares, Dartanhã J., additional, Sofiatti, Valdinei, additional, Wang, Ming L., additional, Zanotto, Maurício D., additional, and Zieler, Helge, additional

Published
2012
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