Environmental Performance in EU Countries from the Perspective of Its Relation to Human and Economic Wellbeing
| Autor: | Costica Mihai, Cristina Cautisanu, Ioan Sebastian Bruma, Simona-Roxana Ulman, Oana Coca, Gavril Stefan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Employment
panel data models Relation (database) Sanitation Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Article Good governance environmental performance EU member states Income distribution Debt Humans cluster media_common Public economics Drinking Water Perspective (graphical) Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health human and economic wellbeing Income Organic farming Medicine Business Panel data |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 12733, p 12733 (2021) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 18; Issue 23; Pages: 12733 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
| ISSN: | 1661-7827 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | The actual development challenges impose new criteria of national performance evaluation, the concept of wellbeing tending to be measured not just in terms of economic and social dimensions, but also vs. the environment. Accordingly, considering the national environmental performance among the EU countries in 2006–2019 period, we grouped them and concentrated on the clusters registering the highest and lowest levels, analyzing how the components of the human and economic dimensions influence it. Applying panel data models, our main results emphasized that, firstly, for the countries with a better environmental performance, sufficient drinking water, safe sanitation, education, gender equality, and good governance were significant; in the countries with the lowest levels of environmental wellbeing, sufficient food, sufficient to drink, education, and income distribution were insignificant, while the remaining components were relevant. Secondly, in both groups of countries, organic farming and public debt were significant; nevertheless, differences were observed for genuine savings and employment, for which the peculiarities of economic activities seemed to be materialized as different influences upon environmental wellbeing. Our study draws alarm signals regarding the development patterns applied in the EU, seeming to have results that strengthen the sustainable goals, but not sufficient for exceeding the traditional growth-oriented model. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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