MEASURING VICTORIA'S GENUINE PROGRESS: A GENUINE PROGRESS INDICTOR (GPI) FOR VICTORIA

Economic Papers

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 368-389

  Clarke, Matthew ^a   Lawn, Philip ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genuine Progress Indicator; Sustainability; Victoria; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 40649108417     PISSN: 08120439     EISSN: 17593441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2005.tb01009.x     Document Type: Article

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