Have you ever met some indicator which has been created basing on data from specific area and then has been used for calculating the value in different area despite the fact, that the result might be less accurate than in the origin area?
Example: In the City of Boston (USA) an indicator for the forecast of the increase of air pollution has been invited. It bases on the population density, the degree of city ventilation and the area of green spaces. Let's call it 'The Boston Indicator'. Someone in Tokio uses this indicator for his city, despite the fact that the city ventilation has smaller role than in Bostone. Nevertheless the indicator is still good enough.
For sure there are alot of similar situation in the real world but I cannot remind myself any fo them. Are you able to help me?
I hope my question is quite clear - if not,please don't hesitate to ask a question.
Thanks in advance!
there are definitely different indicators with this behavior. I believe the key element is in their construction and if we assume that the indicator represents a set of factors, then this multifactor analysis will depend on the shared variance between certain factors, if they are low, then the spatial component will be minimized and the place where this form of observation will be used will be of little relevance. Here in Brazil we have an index of quality of life in cities (IBQV) and, in a context of the extreme lack of infrastructure in the global south, the presence of these infrastructures becomes a differential, even though certain infrastructures would be more important in certain places than in others. In simple words, as no one has an infrastructure, the mere existence is a big difference, making the performance of that infrastructure an unimportant issue (which introduces the temporal issue, as what is now unimportant can become).
I think the Japanese environmental building indicator CASBEE was developed in Japan but modified for use in Malaysia. It was localized to reflect the climate. hope this is relevant
Is there any formula which takes the situation in Japan as a general thing Ryoko Nakano ?
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