Quality of life: An approach integrating opportunities, human needs, and subjective well-being

Ecological Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 267-276

  Costanza, Robert ^a   Fisher, Brendan ^a   Ali, Saleem ^a   Beer, Caroline ^a   Bond, Lynne ^a   Boumans, Roelof ^a   Danigelis, Nicholas L ^a   Dickinson, Jennifer ^a   Elliott, Carolyn ^a   Farley, Joshua ^a   Gayer, Diane Elliott ^a   Glenn, Linda MacDonald ^a   Hudspeth, Thomas ^a   Mahoney, Dennis ^a   McCahill, Laurence ^a   McIntosh, Barbara ^a   Reed, Brian ^a   Rizvi, S Abu Turab ^a   Rizzo, Donna M ^b   Simpatico, Thomas ^a   Snapp, Robert ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b University of Vermont   (United States)

Author keywords

Happiness; Natural capital; Quality of life; Social capital; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

LIVING STANDARD; NATURAL CAPITAL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SURVEY;

EID: 33847270760     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.02.023     Document Type: Article

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