Greening municipalities: The case of Ecuador

Abstract:

This work aims to generate an Environmental Sustainability Index of the 221 Municipalities of Ecuador to assess environmental management. The methodology of the study was to propose a systemic model that involves environmental, economic, social and institutional aspects, for which 69 selected Census variables Environmental Information cantons disaggregated level prepared by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses Ecuador (2012). The results show that in Ecuador environmental management of municipalities is average, considered limited to achieve sustainability, implying a lack of monitoring plans and environmental programs and commitment of the municipalities.

Año de publicación:

2015

Keywords:

• Economic indicators
• Environmental Sustainability Index
• social indicators
• Public Sector
• environmental indicators

Fuente:

scopus