Índice de desenvolvimento sustentável (IDS): cálculo para municípios da região metropolitana de Campinas, SP

Abstract

The construction of indices in subnational units is extremely important to provide detailed information for assessing the situation and monitoring public policies considering aspects of sustainability. Indices and indicators are fundamental, as they serve as a guide for decision making at various levels, allowing to measure progress and the achievement of the strategic goals established in government actions. This research aims to find evidence on the sustainability of municipalities in the Metropolitan Region of Campinas (RMC) through the construction and evaluation of the Sustainable Development Index (IDS). It was undertaken in the form of applied research with a quantitative, exploratory and documentary approach, by the types of data collected and by using statistical procedures. In the results, unsatisfactory performance was detected in the Metropolitan Region of Campinas, while all the municipalities are in a situation of “alert” in terms of the sustainability of development for a set of 209 indicators. This unprecedented application for the RMC is expected to point out situations (diagnoses) to guide the manager to put into practice clear and direct corrective measures (straight to the target), which serve as a reference for the formulation and application of more effective public policies for municipal/regional development, in addition to enabling the creation of a strategic information database (system of indexes and indicators) for monitoring and assessing development sustainability