Małgorzata Sej-Kolasa

University of Economics in Wroclaw, Poland

malgorzata.sej-kolasa@ue.wroc.pl

Taxonomic methods in environmental management

ABSTRACT. Precise and easily available information is the essential tool in environmental management. The society-economy-environment system is described by many diagnostic characteristics. The aim of this paper is to draw the attention to the special usefulness of taxonomic methods, which allow the classification and organisation of multivariate objects in the feature space.

Received: July, 2009

1st Revision: September, 2009

Accepted: October, 2009

JEL Classification: Q56, Q57

Keywords: taxonomic methods, linear ordering, environmental management.