Title: The evaluation of economic, environmental and energy security: composite approach

Authors: Grzegorz Mentel; Tetiana Vasilyeva; Yaryna Samusevych; Alina Vysochyna; Rolf Karbach; Justas Streimikis

Addresses: Rzeszow Univeristy of Technology, Al. Powstańców Warszawy 12, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland ' Sumy State University, Rimskogo-Korsakova Str. 2, Sumy, Ukraine ' Sumy State University, Rimskogo-Korsakova Str. 2, Sumy, Ukraine ' Sumy State University, Rimskogo-Korsakova Str. 2, Sumy, Ukraine ' University of Alexander Dubchek in Trencin, Študentská 3, 911-50 Trencin, Slovakia ' Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics, A. Vivulskio Str. 4A-13, Vilnius, Lithuania

Abstract: It is determined that economic, energy and environmental security indicators are characterised by the presence of systemic interconnections. The results of the evaluation show, that environmental and energy security are more closely related than environmental and economic or energy and economic types of security. The integral index of environmental-energy-economic security was constructed and assessed taking into account the linkage of individual indicators. Sample of individual indicators is presented by 27 parameters (nine indictors for each security type, divided into groups), which are normalised. The internal consistence of indicators describing each type of security is evaluated by Cronbach coefficient alpha. Integral index considers interrelationships between individual indicators estimated as level and direction of pair correlation. The values of this index show that during 2000-2016, Slovak Republic demonstrated the highest level of such comprehensive security, while Poland - the lowest one.

Keywords: environmental security; economic security; integral assessment; energy security; interactions; index; correlation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGENVI.2020.114872

International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, 2020 Vol.19 No.1/2/3, pp.177 - 195

Received: 02 Jan 2020
Accepted: 05 Jun 2020
Published online: 10 May 2021 *

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