A stock-take of green national accounting initiatives

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 427-460

  Lawn, Philip ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genuine savings; Green accounting; Gross domestic product; National income; Sustainable economic welfare

Indexed keywords

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INCOME; SAVINGS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SUSTAINABILITY; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 33846411496     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-006-0003-1     Document Type: Article

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