SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR KALKINMA ve YEŞİL EKONOMİ: TÜRKİYE İÇİN BİR ENDEKS ÖNERİSİ
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GREEN ECONOMY: A PROPOSAL OF INDEX FOR TURKEY

Summary/Abstract: Green economy is accepted as the main strategy of sustainable development and it is thought to be a way to eliminate the contradiction between environmental concerns and economic goals. Therefore, the measurement and evaluation of the performance of countries on green economy is important for the policies to be implemented. However, due to the economic, social and environmental dimensions of the green economy, an alternative source of measurement representing these dimensions is needed. The aim of this study is to measure and evaluate the green economy performance of Turkey. For this purpose, a green economy index covering the period of 2002-2015 was calculated based on the numerical data of 22 variables which are thought to represent three different dimensions of the green economy. According to the index, Turkey's green economy performance increased in this period. The positive development in economic and social indicators has a large share in this performance increase. While environmental performance has improved in recent years, the contribution of environmental indicators to green economy performance has been relatively limited.

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