SAFE 2013: Sustainability of countries updated

• Published in: Ecological indicators Vol. 38; pp. 61 - 66
• Main Authors: Grigoroudis, Evangelos, Kouikoglou, Vassilis S., Phillis, Yannis A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife; Environment and sustainable development; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fuzzy logic; General aspects; Improvement of sustainability; Indicators of sustainability; Parks, reserves, wildlife conservation. Endangered species: population survey and restocking; Sustainability; Synecology; Fuzzy logic; Improvement of sustainability; Indicators of sustainability; Sustainability; Countries; Ecological indicator; System sustainability; Environmental monitoring; Sustainable development; Environmental protection
• ISSN: 1470-160X; 1872-7034
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.10.022

Sustainability Assessment by Fuzzy Evaluation (SAFE) is a model that measures the overall sustainability of countries by combining indicators of ecological sustainability and human sustainability. The model provides country rankings and performs sensitivity analysis which reveals key indicators that each country should improve. This note presents the most recent country rankings and policy recommendations based on the most recent data. A comparison with past rankings shows the relative progress of each country over the last decade.