Exploring Relationships between Environmental Performance, E-Government and Corruption: A Multivariate Perspective

In order to improve environmental performance, the participation of effective and transparent citizens and governments that help counteract corruption in environmental matters is crucial. In this sense, this work focuses on exploring relationships between e-participation, e-government, the corruptio...

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Published inSustainability Vol. 11; no. 22; p. 6497
Main Authors Rodríguez-Martínez, Carmen C., García-Sánchez, Isabel María, Vicente-Galindo, Purificación, Galindo-Villardón, Purificación
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.11.2019
Subjects
Business metrics
Citizen participation
Cluster analysis
Corruption
Electronic government
Environmental health
Environmental management
Environmental quality
Indicators
Multivariate analysis
Performance indices
Statistical analysis
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Variables
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Summary:In order to improve environmental performance, the participation of effective and transparent citizens and governments that help counteract corruption in environmental matters is crucial. In this sense, this work focuses on exploring relationships between e-participation, e-government, the corruption index and environmental performance indicators. To this end, a sample comprising 116 countries from varying geographic regions is used in conjunction with indicators of environmental performance, e-participation, e-government and the corruption index. Through the use of the HJ-biplot and STATIS multivariate statistical techniques, it will be possible to observe the role that these variables play in countries’ behavioural patterns with respect to environmental performance. The results show a correlation between the indicator ‘perception of corruption’ and environmental performance; therefore, the lower the level of corruption, the higher the environmental performance index. We conclude that countries that exhibit more e-participation, lower levels of corruption and better level income are more likely to follow policies and programmes aimed at achieving better environmental performance.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su11226497