National account measures and sustainability objectives: Present approaches and future prospects

Sustainable Development

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 219-233

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

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

National accounts; Normative social choice theory; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC PLANNING; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL THEORY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 33750330525     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.264     Document Type: Article

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