The welfare economics of measuring sustainability: A new approach based on social choice theory and systems analysis

Sustainable Development

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 282-296

  Islam, Sardar M N ^a   Clarke, Matthew F ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Social choice; Sustainability; Thailand; Welfare economics

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SUSTAINABILITY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 29144439764     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.254     Document Type: Article

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