Inclusive Wealth as a Metric of Sustainable Development

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 445-466

  Polasky, Stephen ^a   Bryant, Benjamin ^b   Hawthorne, Peter ^a   Johnson, Justin ^a   Keeler, Bonnie ^a   Pennington, Derric ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Empirical measurement; Human well being; Natural capital; Net investment; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANNING;

ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EMPIRICAL MEASUREMENT; NATURAL CAPITAL; STANDARD OF LIVING; SYSTEMATIC FRAMEWORK; WELL BEING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84946840544     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-101813-013253     Document Type: Review

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