Developing a multi-dimensional environmental vulnerability (MEV) indicator for Mongolia

Anand, P B (2011): Developing a multi-dimensional environmental vulnerability (MEV) indicator for Mongolia. Published in:

Abstract

This paper describes the methodology and indicators selected in constructing a new multi-dimensional environmental vulnerability indicator for Mongolia. Most previous studies of environmental vulnerability use national level data. This study uses 16 sub-national indicators under three dimensions- economic, social and environmental- to construct MEV indicators at province (aimag) level. This analysis shows clearly that environmental vulnerability varies significantly from one province to another. Using this approach it is now possible to tailor intervention strategies to reduce vulnerability- for example in some provinces forest fires may be an issue but this is not so in others.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Vulnerability, multi-dimensional indicator, sub-national level, disaggregated, policy
• Subjects: H - Public Economics > H4 - Publicly Provided Goods; H - Public Economics > H7 - State and Local Government ; Intergovernmental Relations; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R5 - Regional Government Analysis

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