The Failed States Index 2007: Nature Vs. Nurture

[bingobongo]

Thailand.......more risk and less sustainable.......environmentally speaking

As the world warms, states at risk face severe threats to their groundwater, agriculture, and ecosystems, factors that can rapidly undo political and economic gains. This year's index found a strong correlation between stability and environmental sustainability, a country's ability to avoid environmental disaster and deterioration. That means that in poorly performing states on the edge, including Bangladesh, Egypt, and Indonesia, the risks of flooding, drought, and deforestation have little chance of being properly managed. And that suggests storms are brewing on the horizon for the world's most vulnerable.

Edited June 18, 2007 by bingobongo

[PeaceBlondie]

bingobongo, could you please explain how this relates to Thailand, what the failing states index indicates, etc.? Thanks.

[JetsetBkk]

Thailand.......more risk and less sustainable.......environmentally speaking

As the world warms

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Allegedly.

[chownah]

where did this come from...reference please

[bingobongo]

bingobongo, could you please explain how this relates to Thailand, what the failing states index indicates, etc.? Thanks.

As the world warms, states at risk face severe threats to their groundwater, agriculture, and ecosystems, factors that can rapidly undo political and economic gains. This year's index found a strong correlation between stability and environmental sustainability, a country's ability to avoid environmental disaster and deterioration.

if you look at the graph, you can see Thailand with a score of around 70 as a failed state (the higher the score on the Y axis the higher risk of failure as a state/country)

if you look at the X axis, Thailand scores approximately 49 as less sustainable environment, the ability to avoid environemntal disasted and deterioration (the lower the score the less sustainable)

so thailand appears in the upper left quadrant (near venezuela) as high risk of becoming a failed state and having low environemental sustainability

so based on these metrics upper left quadrant is the worst place (Sudan) to be (where Thailand is on chart) the most ideal is lower right quadrant (Finland, Norway)

[PhilHarries]

where did this come from...reference please

Exactly, without details of the underlying analytical assessment and some kind of indications as to the relevance of the scores this is just a meaningless chart.

Why is Brazil, despite massive deforestation, so much more sustainable that Spain or some other European nations?

[bingobongo]

thailand ranked 79th overall and scored 74.9, (scale of 1 to 10, 1 being best and 10 being worst), the higher the # the worse the score

Rank # 79 Thailand 7.5 5.7 8.1 4.3 7.5 2 6.8 6 6.5 6.8 7.2 6.5 74.9 Score

Rank# 146 Norway 3 1.5 1 1 2 1.8 1 1 1.5 1 1 1 16.8 Score

Edited June 19, 2007 by bingobongo

[lannarebirth]

thailand ranked 79th overall and scored 74.9, (scale of 1 to 10, 1 being best and 10 being worst), the higher the # the worse the score

Rank # 79 Thailand 7.5 5.7 8.1 4.3 7.5 2 6.8 6 6.5 6.8 7.2 6.5 74.9 Score

Rank# 146 Norway 3 1.5 1 1 2 1.8 1 1 1.5 1 1 1 16.8 Score

It's amazing what an oil and gas find can do for a small countrys fortunes. I guess they don't have to eat grass anymore.

[womble]

where did this come from...reference please

Exactly, without details of the underlying analytical assessment and some kind of indications as to the relevance of the scores this is just a meaningless chart.

Why is Brazil, despite massive deforestation, so much more sustainable that Spain or some other European nations?

Most of their energy is produced through sustainable hydropower, although the recent lack of rain has meant a severe shortage of power in the short term only hopefully.

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