Measuring Regional Wealth and Assessing Sustainable Development: An Application to a Disaster-Torn Region in Japan

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 365-389

  Yamaguchi, Rintaro ^a   Sato, Masayuki ^b   Ueta, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disaster reconstruction; Genuine savings; Inclusive wealth; Population change; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENT; NATURAL DISASTER; SAVINGS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

HONSHU; JAPAN; MIYAGI; TOHOKU;

EID: 84944707423     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-015-1106-3     Document Type: Article

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