The final version of the INTERREG IIIB - Alpine Space Project MARS «Monitoring the Alpine Regions' Sustainability» is available here. Additionally the summary of the MARS Report 2005 is available in German, Italian and French. If you are interested in a single chapter, please contact us.
1 Summary 1.1 The MARS Project 1.2 What is Sustainability? 1.3 Sustainability in the Alpine Space 1.4 Economic Sustainability 1.5 Environmental Sustainability 1.6 Social Sustainability
2 Introduction 2.1 The History of MARS 2.2 The Future of MARS
3 Analytical Framework 3.1 The Concept of Relative Sustainability 3.2 Indicator Choice 3.3 Integration and Aggregation
4 The Economic Pillar of Sustainability 4.1 Economic Performance 4.2 Labour Market Participation 4.3 Productivity and Competitiveness 4.4 Industrial Structure 4.5 Summary Analysis
5 The Environmental Pillar of Sustainability 5.1 Domestic Extraction (DE) 5.2 Physical Trade Balance (PTB) 5.3 Domestic Material Consumption (DMC) 5.4 Domestic Resource Dependency (DE / DMC) 5.5 Domestic Processed Output 5.6 Final Energy Consumption 5.7 Total Primary Energy Supply 5.8 CO2 Equivalent Emissions 5.9 Water Extraction 5.10 Case Study: Ecological Footprint (IRES) 5.11 Summary Analysis
6 The Social Pillar of Sustainability 6.1 Demography 6.2 Unemployment 6.3 Poverty and Income distribution 6.4 Health 6.5 Safety 6.6 Participation / Social capital 6.7 Education 6.8 Summary Analysis
7 Integration of the Three Sustainability Pillars 7.1 Ranking Points Analysis, Level 7.2 Ranking Points Analysis, Evolution 7.3 Factor Analysis, Level 7.4 Factor Analysis, Evolution 7.5 Correlation between the Pillars
8 Definitions and Methodological Procedures 8.1 The Economic Pillar of Sustainability 8.1.1 Economic Performance 8.1.2 Labour Market Participation 8.1.3 Productivity and Competitiveness 8.1.4 Industrial Structure 8.2 The Environmental Pillar of Sustainability 8.2.1 Domestic Extraction (DE) 8.2.2 Physical Trade Balance (PTB) 8.2.3 Domestic Material Consumption (DMC) 8.2.4 Domestic Resource Dependency (DE / DMC) 8.2.5 Domestic Processed Output 8.2.6 Final Energy Consumption 8.2.7 Total Primary Energy Supply 8.2.8 CO2 Equivalent Emissions 8.2.9 Water Extraction 8.2.10 Case Study: Ecological Footprint 8.2.11 Case Study: HANPP and Biodiversity 8.3 The Social Pillar of Sustainability 8.3.1 Demography 8.3.2 Unemployment 8.3.3 Poverty and Income Distribution 8.3.4 Health 8.3.5 Safety 8.3.6 Participation / Social Capital 8.3.7 Education 8.4 Integration of the Three Sustainability Pillars
9 References
10 Data 10.1 Economic Data 10.2 Environmental Data 10.3 Social Data 10.4 Aggregation and Integration Data 10.4.1 Ranking Points Analysis 10.4.2 Factor Analysis
