
The New Indicators of Well-Being and Development
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 28. June 2006
Book
Hardback
XI, 135 pages
978-0-230-00500-6 (ISBN)
Description
New indicators of development, well being, social health or ecological footprint are presented in this volume as alternative methods of re-assessing the growing gap between well being and 'more having'. They show that ongoing growth might destroy vital natural resources and has already begun this depletion.
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Edition
2006 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
XI, 135 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
336 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-00500-6 (9780230005006)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-58228-0
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Jean Gadrey | Florence Jany-Catrice | J. Gadrey
The New Indicators of Well-Being and Development
Book
01/2014
Palgrave Macmillan
€139.09
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Persons
JEAN GADREY is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Lille, France. He is the author of more than 20 books about the economics and socio-economics of services and the new indicators of development. Many of his books have been published not only in French and the English language, but also in Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese and Italian.
FLORENCE JANY-CATRICE is Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Lille, France. She is the author and co-author of several books and researches the socioeconomics of labour and employment in the service sector and international comparisons.
FLORENCE JANY-CATRICE is Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Lille, France. She is the author and co-author of several books and researches the socioeconomics of labour and employment in the service sector and international comparisons.
Content
List of Tables List of Figures List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction The Search for Alternative Indicators GDP and Growth Called into Question Human Development and Social Progress The First Extensions of GDP Environmental GDPs and the Ecological Footprint The Index of Economic Well-Being Evaluating the Indicators Sustainable Human Development and National Accounts in the Twenty-First Century Conclusion Notes References Index