DPSIR

DPSIR (abbreviation for D riving forces, P ressures, S tates, I mpacts and R esponses ) is a model for the representation of environmental pollution and environmental protection measures . So far it has been used at European level , for example by the European Environment Agency (EEA), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN).

The DPSIR model describes a causal chain of influencing variables:

Driving forces : are areas of public life whose processes can exert pressure on the environment (e.g. economic sectors, consumption in private and public households).
Pressures : are the resulting environmental pollution , for example through emissions into air and water or surface sealing .
State : is the state of an environmental compartment that is exposed to stress, for example changes in the earth's atmosphere or the soil .
Impacts : is the specific effect caused by environmental pollution, for example the greenhouse effect or soil acidification .
Responses : is the social reaction to environmental pollution, for example environmental research , environmental improvement of production processes or environmental legislation .

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