Table 6 Definitions of CSTEP five dimensions (Ma 2022)
Dimension | Sub-dimension | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
Climate, environmental and geographic situation | Climate | The general weather (including seasons) conditions that are usually found in a particular place; |
Environment | The conditions that people live, work or spend time in and the way that they influence how they feel, behave or work; | |
Geographic situation | The natural features of a place, such as mountains and rivers | |
Societal culture, demographic environment | Societal culture | The way of life or work, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a society or an organization; |
Demographic environment | The demography of an area is the number and characteristics of the people who live in an area, in relation to their age, sex, if they are married or not, etc. | |
Technology readiness | Infrastructure | The basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies, that a place uses in order to work effectively |
Technology development capacity | The set of capacities to plan for technology transfer and development to achieve regional and national goals | |
Technology maturity | Refer to the Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) for assessing the maturity level of a particular technology | |
Technological skills | The knowledge and expertise needed to accomplish complex actions, tasks and processes relating to computational and physical technology | |
Economy and Finance | Economy | Economy relating to market trade, industry |
Finance | Cost of labour, material, maintenance, and service Revenue from sales, income, compensation, Return-on-Investment | |
Policies and regulation | Policies | the activities of the government, members of law-making organizations, or people who try to influence the way a country is governed; |
Regulation | An official rule or the act of controlling something |