Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4373987 | Ecological Indicators | 2011 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI) was developed by the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission as a global composite index that quantifies the vulnerability of an area's environment. Greece has been selected as reference area due to its current physical and anthropogenic conditions that may lead to environmental instabilities in the natural, social, and economic infrastructure environment. Hence, in the present approach, using data on Greece, an effort to define the range of information that the EVI may provide for the pertinent country is presented and a discussion on whether the index may be further developed is conveyed. Advantages as well as shortcomings of the Index are also delineated.
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Authors
Nikolaos A. Skondras, Christos A. Karavitis, Ippokratis I. Gkotsis, P.J.B. Scott, Ursula L. Kaly, Stavros G. Alexandris,