Modelling and measuring sustainable wellbeing in connection with the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Ecological Economics

Volumn 130, Issue , 2016, Pages 350-355

  Costanza, Robert ^a   Daly, Lew ^b   Fioramonti, Lorenzo ^c   Giovannini, Enrico ^d   Kubiszewski, Ida ^a   Mortensen, Lars Fogh ^e   Pickett, Kate E ^f   Ragnarsdottir, Kristin Vala ^g   De Vogli, Roberto ^h   Wilkinson, Richard ⁱ  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Demos   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; GPI; Natural capital; Social capital; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; NATURAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS; WELFARE PROVISION;

EID: 84989892151     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.07.009     Document Type: Article

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