Hemijska industrija 2013 Volume 67, Issue 2, Pages: 357-364
https://doi.org/10.2298/HEMIND111226059V
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Sustainable development indicators: Case study for South Morava river basin
Veljković Nebojša D. (Serbian Environmental Protection Agency, Ministry of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning, Belgrade)
The subject of research is elaboration and evaluation of indicators of
sustainable development in the field of river basin management. Aggregate
indicator entitled Ecoregion Sustainable Development Index is identified by
calculation of average value by the procedure of leveling of proportion
changes of three key indicators (demographic emission index, water quality
index, industrial production index). Developed aggregate indicator of
sustainable development is calculated and analyzed for South Morava river
basin in Serbia, for the period from 1980 to 2010. The beneficiaries of these
indicators are the experts from the field of environmental protection and
water management who should use it for elaboration of reports directed
towards the creators of economic development policy and river basin
management planning. Elaborated according to the given methodology, the
indicator Ecoregion Sustainable Development Index is available for the
decision makers on the national level, internationally comparative and it
provides the conditions for further elaboration and application.
Keywords: sustainable development indicators, ecoregions, water resources management