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DPSIR Framework

The DPSIR Framework (Driving force, Pressure, State, Impact, Response) is a diagnostic and policy tool developed by the OECD (1993) and refined by the European Environment Agency (1999) to structure environmental and sustainability problems. It organizes causal relationships from economic activity through to policy interventions, enabling governments and organizations to identify where to intervene for environmental improvement.

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Driving force, Pressure, State, Impact, Response (DPSIR) Framework
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / sustainability
  • European Environment Agency (1999). Environmental Indicators: Typology and Overview. EEA Technical Report No. 25. Copenhagen: EEA. · URL
  • Smeets, E., & Weterings, R. (1999). Environmental indicators: Typology and overview. European Environment Agency Report No. 25/1999. · URL
  • OECD (1993). OECD core set of environmental indicators for environmental performance reviews. OECD Environment Monographs No. 83. Paris: OECD Publishing. · URL
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