Measuring sustainable welfare: A new approach to the ISEW

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 810-819

  Beça, Pedro ^a   Santos, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gross Domestic Product (GDP); Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW); Sustainability; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 74549182739     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.11.031     Document Type: Article

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