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2026
III International Bioeconomy Forum: Special Issue

IV-SEKSIYA - IQLIMGA MOSLASHUV VA EKOLOGIK MUVOZANATNI SAQLASHGA XIZMAT QILUVCHI INNOVATSION YECHIMLARNI TARGʻIB QILISH

MADANIY TURIZM DESTINATSIYASINING IQLIMGA CHIDAMLILIGINI ESG INDEKSI ORQALI BAHOLASH

DOI 10.67668/mj/2026issmaxsus/2058 Pages 225-236

Published 2026-09-25

Authors
Maxmudova Nodira Oʻktamovna a , Yusufiy Barakabonu Ozodzoda b
Affiliations
a Bukhara State University image/svg+xml
b Bukhara State University image/svg+xml
III Bioiqtisodiyot xalqaro forumi, Buxoro, 24-25-sentabr 2026
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Abstract

The article analyses the theoretical foundations of assessing the climate resilience of cultural tourism destinations and proposes an original methodology - the ESG-I (ESG-Resilience) index - based on environmental, social and governance principles. Having shown that conventional sustainable tourism criteria (GSTC) do not sufficiently capture the climate sensitivity of heritage sites, the paper develops a threeblock, eleven-indicator index structure with normalisation, two-round Delphi weighting and a four-level interpretation scale. The methodology was piloted in three heritage centres of Uzbekistan - Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva: all three fall into the “moderate resilience” zone (level II, 54-58 points), with the governance (G) block as the weakest link and the social (S) block relatively strong. Recommendations are made on introducing annual ESG-I monitoring, using the index as a “credibility document” for attracting green finance and building a digital open-reporting system.

Keywords

cultural tourism, destination, climate resilience, ESG index, sustainable development, cultural heritage, climate risks, Delphi method

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