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2021 , Vol. 36 >Issue 3: 317 - 324

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2021.008

Review and Prospect of "Sustainable Society Index"

  • Xiangyu WANG ,
  • Yuanhui WANG ,
  • Peichao GAO ,
  • Changqing SONG ,
  • Changxiu CHENG ,
  • Shi SHEN
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  • 1.State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology，Beijing Normal University，Beijing 100875，China
    2.Faculty of Geographical Science，Beijing Normal University，Beijing 100875，China
    3.National Tibetan Plateau Data Center，Beijing 100101，China
WANG Xiangyu (1992-), male, Zibo City, Shandong Province, Ph.D student. Research areas include sustainable development. E-mail: 201831051025@mail.bnu.edu.cn
SONG Changqing (1961-), male, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, Professor. Research areas include the research paradigm of geography. E-mail: songcq@bnu.edu.cn

Received date: 2020-11-20

  Revised date: 2021-01-24

  Online published: 2021-04-30

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the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP) “Human activities and assessment of living environment”(2019QZKK0608)

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Abstract

It is important to assess and monitor the level of regional sustainable development. With the development of observation and computer technology， scholars and stakeholders have realized that constructing an index is a critical step in evaluating the level of regional sustainable development. This paper introduced the "Sustainable Society Index" （SSI） from three perspectives， namely， theory， indicators framework， and methodology. This paper reviewed the literatures about the SSI based on two views， that is， limitation and improvement. There are three conclusions. First， the scholars and stakeholders widely thought SSI was a comprehensive method for assessing and monitoring the level of national sustainable development. Second， the limitations of SSI were mainly about the selection and aggregation of indicators. Third， the improvements of SSI were mainly about the aggregation methods. Finally， this paper also suggested possible research directions in the future.

Key words： Sustainable development; Indicators framework; Weighting and aggregation; Sustainable Society Index; Sustainable Society Foundation.

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Xiangyu WANG , Yuanhui WANG , Peichao GAO , Changqing SONG , Changxiu CHENG , Shi SHEN . Review and Prospect of "Sustainable Society Index"[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2021 , 36(3) : 317 -324 . DOI: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2021.008

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