We measured the economic performance of districts by looking at:
- luminosity per capita growth rates
- luminosity per capita levels
We subsequently assessed the environmental performance of districts by examining three aspects:
- Air pollution (measured using satellite data on particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide)
- Climate change (measuring extreme changes in air temperature and precipitation)
- Deforestation (using satellite data to measure changes in forest cover)
We then mapped each district according to the economic and environmental performance. This tool is then used by policymakers to:
- identify which districts are performing well both economically and environmentally (to learn lessons about how they’ve managed to achieve this)
- identify which districts are performing badly both economically and environmentally (to target these districts with policy interventions).
