Sustainability of the provincial capitals of Spain
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Function of sustainability, municipal waste, water consumption, electric energy consumption, parkland, PM10, unemployment rate, motorization, housing, population density.
Abstract
It is established the optimum values for the indicators contained in the publication “local sustainability: a rural and urban approach” of Sustainability Observatory of Spain, and, more specifically, in the chapter “Application guide for an integrated system of urban indicators” developed by the Observatory of Urban Environment of Malaga (OMAU) together with the Office of Cooperation of the European Commission (EUROPEAID) and the United Nations (UNHABITAT). It is defined and applied a function of sustainability to the above-mentioned indicators, and gets the value of sustainability of the capital cities of Spain. The values of sustainability obtained by the Spanish cities are low for most of the indicators, at least with the premises referred to in this work.Downloads
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Published
2012-10-23
How to Cite
Rivero Pallarés F. y Rodríguez Mellado J. M. (2012). Sustainability of the provincial capitals of Spain. Observatorio Medioambiental, 15, 235-255. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_OBMD.2012.v15.40349
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