TY  - BOOK
AU  - Elliott,Jennifer A.
TI  - An introduction to sustainable development
T2  - Routledge perspectives on development
SN  -  978-0-415-59072-3
AV  - HC59.72 .E45 2013
U1  - 338.927091724 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Sustainable development
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Environmental policy
N1  - Includes bibliographies & index; Social Science
N2  - The field of indictors of and for sustainable development is
expanding rapidly. The tools for assessing sustainable development
targets and outcomes are now substantial but there continue to be
challenges for capturing the process of change and the more
qualitative dimensions of sustainability.
The economic vulnerability of countries globally, as demonstrated
by the recent economic crisis, has prompted questioning of both
the measures for assessing development progress and the means for
achieving this. It is the focus of a number of international reviews
of indicators for sustainable development.
Ecological footprinting is a well-established method for exploring
human impacts on environmental resources. It forms the basis of
carbon footprinting and also measures that quantify the efficiency
with which ecological resources are converted into human
development outcomes.
Green GDP accounting seeks to adjust and/or augment conventional
GDP accounts to better measure sustainable economic welfare.
Values-based outcomes such as respect for ecological integrity and social
justice are ‘harder to measure’ but central to the mission and activities of
many organisations working towards sustainable development
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