Sustainable nations: What do aggregate indexes tell us?

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-62

  Pillarisetti, J Ram ^a   van den Bergh, Jeroen C J M ^b,c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adjusted net savings; Ecological debt; Ecological footprint; Environmental sustainability index; Genuine savings; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEBT; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 73649113842     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-008-9179-7     Document Type: Article

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