Sustainable development is one of the most urgent challenges facing humanity. Its basic
principle is to improve people's well-being and maintain it over time. In 2015, the United …

Within two weeks from the first detection of the SARS‐CoV‐2 positive patient on 21
February, from Lombardy the disease has spread over every region in Italy. The main …

To effectively plan and manage the use of agricultural land, it is crucial to identify and
evaluate the multiple human and environmental factors that influence it. In this study, we …

Poverty data are usually collected through on-the-ground household-based socioeconomic
surveys. Unfortunately, data collection with such conventional methods is expensive …

Spatially heterogeneous weights and a non‐compensatory aggregation scheme, are two
important properties needed to construct a composite indicator capable of summarizing …

This paper presents a systematic literature review focused on the use of inductively coupled
plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) combined with PCA, a multivariate technique, for …

The eastern coastal areas of Japan are threatened by multiple ecological risks due to
frequent natural disasters, climate changes, human activities, etc. Identification spatio …

The Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) developed by the World Economic Forum (WEF) is
used as a standard for measuring a country's competitiveness. However, in literature, the …

The assessment of drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) poverty among Indian
districts is essential to accomplish the UN‐Sustainable Development Goal 06,'Availability …

Well-being is a multidimensional concept that cannot be described using a single indicator.
By the synthesis of different dimensions it is possible to obtain composite indicators (CIs) …