Índice de sustentabilidad ambiental. Caso de estudio GAD QUITO

Abstract

Abstract: Environmental sustainability is important because it allows the mitigation of the effects negative effects that human activity has on the climate. The general objective of this work was to build an environmental sustainability index for the Autonomous Government Decentralized of the city of Quito, which allows evaluating and monitoring performance environmental of the Municipality, facilitating decision-making based on data to promote sustainability and improve the quality of life of the inhabitants. We worked with a focus quantitative, descriptive scope, non-experimental and transversal design. The basis of data from the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses corresponding to the Census of Economic Environmental Information in Provincial Decentralized Autonomous Governments in the year 2023. For data processing, the statistical package for the social sciences, version 27. Frequency measures and descriptive statistics were used univariate as minimum, maximum, mean and standard deviation and pie charts. HE found that the best environmental sustainability factor was environmental conservation. He number of nurseries with native species in production stands out in environmental conservation, the number of environmental projects executed by the environmental management competence in The year 2022 predominates in environmental management and spending on promoting research and development for environmental protection stands out in spending on environmental protection. The level of Environmental sustainability in the Municipality of Quito was critical.