The concept of "Sustainable Development(SD)", first introduced in "Our Common
Future," of the Brundtland Report, in 1987, refers to environment-friendly
development that does not hurt the development potential of future generation,
while satisfying the needs of development in the current generation. Ever since the
concept of "Sustainable Development" was introduced, there have been various
trials for making measurable the level of sustainable development, including
indicators and index, etc., which correspond to the concept of sustainable
development in each international organization and nation. And yet, there is no
internationally standardized system that compared and evaluated sustainable
development between nations and regions.
The reason why this measuring work on sustainable development should
proceed is that it provides not only important information on human activity, but
also information on national environmental state in the decision-making of
authorities, concerning the environment and economics.
Thus, this study aims to develop sustainable development indicators (SDIs)
suitable for North-east Asian countries, and to evaluate the degree of regional
sustainable development through a comparative study on SDIs by each country.
In this study, we selected the indicators related with sustainable development of
Korea, Japan and China, by referring to the indicators of sustainable development
of the UN, OECD, EU, U.S., U.K. and Korea that have recently been issued. In
particular, we proceeded with correction, ad