?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4087%2F&rft.title=Environmental+Indicators+and+Their+Applications+(Trends+of+Activity+and+Development)&rft.creator=Pykh%2C+Y.A.&rft.creator=Malkina-Pykh%2C+I.G.&rft.description=Environmental+problems+are+complex%3A+the+same+problem+may+have+several+causes+and+the+same+stress+may+cause+several+problems.+An+environmental+indicator+is+a+number+that+is+meant+to+indicate+the+state+of+development+of+important+aspects+of+the+environment.+Strictly+speaking.+the+term+%22indicator%22+refers+to+a+specific+number+along+the+time+or+space+dimension.+A+set+of+indicators+should+give+information+on+development%2C+environmental+quality%2C+and+environmental+policy.+%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+present+paper+includes+an+overview+of+the+state+of+environmental+indicators+(Part+I)+and+application+of+the+response+function+method+to+the+indicators+issue+(Part+II).+The+main+goal+of+this+paper+is+to+give+information+on+further+development+of+environmental+indicator+activity.+As+the+application+of+the+environmental+indicators+is+of+special+interest+to+IIASA's+Projects+entitled+%22Forests+Resources%2C+Environment%2C+and+Socioeconomic+Development+of+Siberia%22+and+%22Modeling+Land+Use+and+Land+Cover+Change+in+Europe+and+Northern+Asia%22+the+paper+is+mainly+focused+on+the+formation+of+indicators+for+the+land-use+and+forest+studies.&rft.publisher=WP-94-127&rft.date=1994-12&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4087%2F1%2FWP-94-127.pdf&rft.identifier=++Pykh%2C+Y.A.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1524.html%3E+%26+Malkina-Pykh%2C+I.G.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F2156.html%3E++(1994).++Environmental+Indicators+and+Their+Applications+(Trends+of+Activity+and+Development).+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-94-127+++++