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Environmental Sustainability Assessment of the European Union's Capital Cities

CZUPICH, M. LAPINSKA, J. BARTOŠ, V.

Originální název

Environmental Sustainability Assessment of the European Union's Capital Cities

Typ

článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp

Jazyk

angličtina

Originální abstrakt

The growing flow of people into cities causes several challenges for their functioning. This brings the need to ensure, for example, efficient transport, sustainable waste, and appropriate energy policy. Particularly capital cities are exposed to the above-mentioned risks, due to their large numbers and densities of inhabitants. Therefore, the state of the environment in cities should be monitored systematically. The research aim of this article is to evaluate the level of environmental sustainability in capitals of European Union countries. A synthetic indicator was made up of diagnostic variables, using quantitative and qualitative indicators relating to the quality of the environment. Based on the ranking, results reveal that Europe is spatially divided according to the level of environmental quality. The best results were achieved by capital cities of the northern European countries. The analysis presented here has some application potential. It can serve to identify challenges to improving the quality of the environment, and to raise public awareness of the importance of changing individual behaviour (e.g., use of public transport).

Klíčová slova

sustainable development; urban environment; city ranking

Autoři

CZUPICH, M.; LAPINSKA, J.; BARTOŠ, V.

Vydáno

20. 4. 2022

Nakladatel

MDPI

Místo

Basel, Switzerland

ISSN

1660-4601

Periodikum

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Ročník

19

Číslo

7

Stát

Švýcarská konfederace

Strany od

1

Strany do

18

Strany počet

18

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/7/4327

Plný text v Digitální knihovně

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/204158

BibTex

@article{BUT177625,
  author="Mariusz {Czupich} and Justyna {Lapinska} and Vojtěch {Bartoš}",
  title="Environmental Sustainability Assessment of the European Union's Capital Cities",
  journal="International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health",
  year="2022",
  volume="19",
  number="7",
  pages="1--18",
  doi="10.3390/ijerph19074327",
  issn="1660-4601",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/7/4327"
}