ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT INDEX (IDA): CALCULATION FOR MUNICIPALITIES IN THE METROPOLITAN REGION OF CAMPINAS - SP

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.9733122304082

• Palavras-chave: Environmental Development Index, Environmental Sustainability; Indicator; Agenda 21, Public Policies.

• Keywords: Environmental Development Index, Environmental Sustainability; Indicator; Agenda 21, Public Policies.

• Abstract:

  The construction of indexes in subnational units is extremely important to provide detailed information for assessing the situation and monitoring public policies considering aspects of environmental sustainability. Indexes and indicators are essential as they serve as a guide for decision-making at various levels, allowing measurement of progress and achievement of environmental development objectives established in government actions. This research aims to find evidence on the environmental development of the municipalities in the Metropolitan Region of Campinas/SP (RMC) through the construction and evaluation of the Environmental Development Index (IDA). This index will serve as a subsidy, in future research, for the construction of the Sustainable Development Index (IDS) for the MRC. In the result, a satisfactory environmental performance was detected in the Metropolitan Region of Campinas, while most municipalities are in an “acceptable” situation in terms of environmental sustainability for a set of 56 indicators. With this unprecedented application for the RMC, it hopes to point out situations (diagnoses) to guide the manager to put into practice clear and direct corrective measures (direct to the target), which will serve as a reference for the formulation and application of public policies for municipal development/ more effective at regional level, in addition to enabling the creation of a strategic bank of information (system of indexes and indicators) for monitoring and evaluating the sustainability of development.