ateam - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

ATEAM final report Section 5 and 6 (2001-2004) 118
Indicators Determinants Components Index
Female activity rate
Income inequality
Literacy rate
Enrolment ratio
Equality
Knowledge
Awareness
R & D expenditure
Number of patents
N. of telephone lines
Number of doctors
Technology
Infrastructure
Ability
Adaptive
Capacity
GDP per capita
Age dependency ratio
World trade share
Budget surplus
Flexibility
Economic Power
Action
Figure 32. Conceptual framework of a three step aggregation of indicators, determinants and
components of adaptive capacity into a generic adaptive capacity index. Enrolment ratio = Ratio of
people enrolled in higher education programs; R & D expenditure = Research and Development
expediture; N. of telephone lines = Number of telephone lines; GDP = Gross domestic product. See text
for critical discussion.