Intermountain West Counties database

The data set contains 267 indicators for the 414 counties of the 11 states that contain the Intermountain West region in U.S. The specific counties that make the Intermountain West are a subset of 246 counties identified in the dataset. The reason to include all the counties in the dataset is to allow the removal or addition of counties according to different criteria. Different considerations of what criteria should be followed to define the intermountain West region can produce different groupings of counties. This dataset will be used to identify and evaluate sustainable development possibilities for each individual county through a comparative performance analysis. The dataset contains indicators measuring three aspects of each county: individual sociodemographic composition, economic characteristics, and the environmental and biophysical aspects of each county. All the information has been obtained from public access sources as indicated in the labels file.

A separate file (sIMWscores) contains the scores calculated through a comparative performance assessment of indicators. These scores evaluate the following for each county in the Intermountain West:

1. Six different types of restrictions mutually imposed between the economic, environmental, and social indicators
• the social restrictions to environmental activities
• the social restrictions to economic activities
• the environmental restrictions to economic activities
• the environmental restrictions to social activities
• the economic restrictions to social activities
• the economic restrictions to environmental activities

2. Three scores describing individual performance of environment, social, and economic activities as defined through the combined indicators performance.
• percent of total possible environmental activities
• percent of total possible social activities
• percent of total possible economic activities

3. The overlap of
• social and economic activities
• economic and environmental activities
• environmental and social activities

4. The overlap of all three sectors, which constitutes the possibilities for sustainable development

5. The conflict scores between environmental, social, and economic activities, produced by restrictions.
• conflicts between social and economic activities
• conflicts between economic and environmental activities
• conflicts between environmental and social activities

Scores calculates through a performance based comparison of a selection of indicators. These indicators were selected by a group of planning experts. The assessment model and the graphic outputs are available from the authors (by request).

本数据集涵盖了美国内陆山地区域的11个州所辖的414个县的267个指标。内陆山地区的具体县份是该数据集中识别出的246个县份的子集。将所有县份纳入数据集的原因在于，便于根据不同标准进行县份的增减。对于定义内陆山地区域所应遵循的标准的考量不同，将导致县份分组的差异。本数据集旨在通过比较性能分析，识别和评估每个县份可持续发展的可能性。数据集包含衡量每个县份三个方面的指标：个体的社会人口构成、经济特征以及县份的环境和生物物理特征。所有信息均来源于标签文件中标注的公共可访问来源。一个单独的文件（sIMWscores）包含了通过指标的比较性能评估计算出的分数。这些分数评估了内陆山地区域内每个县份以下内容：
1. 经济、环境和社会指标之间相互施加的六种不同类型的限制：
• 社会活动对环境活动的限制
• 社会活动对经济活动的限制
• 环境活动对经济活动的限制
• 环境活动对社交活动的限制
• 经济活动对社交活动的限制
• 经济活动对环境活动的限制
2. 描述环境、社会和经济活动个体表现的三个分数，这些表现是通过综合指标性能定义的：
• 可能的环境活动总百分比
• 可能的社交活动总百分比
• 可能的经济活动总百分比
3. 社会活动与经济活动、经济活动与环境活动、环境活动与社交活动之间的重叠部分。
4. 三大部门的全部重叠部分，这构成了可持续发展的可能性。
5. 由限制产生的环境、社会和经济活动之间的冲突分数：
• 社会活动与经济活动之间的冲突
• 经济活动与环境活动之间的冲突
• 环境活动与社交活动之间的冲突
通过基于性能的指标选择比较计算出的分数。这些指标由一组规划专家选定。评估模型和图形输出可由作者提供（需请求）。