Quantitative Impact of Key SDG Indicators on National Sustainability Scores in West Asia: A Comprehensive Analysis

Omid Pirian Kalat¹, Kimia Chenary², Ali GhaffarianHosein³

1. Shahid Beheshti University
2. University of Bojnord
3. Auckland University of Technology

Published in Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024), edited by Ali GhaffarianHoseini, Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, Farzad Rahimian and Mahesh Babu Purushothaman. Springer Nature, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, volume 591, 2025, pages 1324 to 1338. DOI 10.1007/978-981-96-4051-5_127.

Abstract

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established by the United Nations are a global call to eradicate poverty, safeguard the environment, and provide universal peace and prosperity by the year 2030. The 17 objectives include a range of global concerns, including health, education, inequality, environmental degradation, and climate change. Countries located in the same geographical region share socio-cultural similarities, which may lead to the discovery of common SDG indicators. Previous research has not paid enough attention to identifying SDG indicators that have a greater impact on changing the total SDG scores. Therefore, this research aims to identify the most influential indicators affecting changes in total SDG scores, with a focus on West Asia, specifically Iran and its neighboring western nations. To do so, we used the Pearson correlation analysis to identify the key indicators affecting changes in the total SDG scores of nations. In the following, we used the MARCOS decision-making technique to rank nations based on the effectiveness of SDG indicators. Identifying the key SDG indicators that affect changes in total SDG scores will help to compare the nations’ sustainable development processes. Moreover, it will be easier for decision-makers and regional sustainable development policymakers to manage and understand the situation.

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Session

Presented in Recorded Presentations, Session I, Friday 8 November 2024, 11:00 to 13:30, room WG 201, Auckland University of Technology. Session chair Dr Megan Burfoot.

How to Cite

Pirian Kalat, O., Chenary, K., & GhaffarianHosein, A. (2025). Quantitative Impact of Key SDG Indicators on National Sustainability Scores in West Asia: A Comprehensive Analysis. In A. GhaffarianHoseini, A. GhaffarianHoseini, F. Rahimian, & M. B. Purushothaman (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024) (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol. 591, pp. 1324–1338). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-4051-5_127

About the Conference

Presented at SASBE 2024, the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, held in Auckland from 7 to 9 November 2024 and chaired by Professors Ali and Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, founders of GDI Academy. The version of record is published by Springer Nature; this page is the conference archive record kept by GDI Academy.