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Indicators for Sustainable Development: Theory, Method, Applications
Indicators for Sustainable Development Theory Method Applications Author:Hartmut Bossel In this book Dr. Bossel, an engineer and leading systems scientist, shows that we need indicators for sustainable development that provide reliable information about the nature, physical and social world in which we live, and on which our survival and quality of life depend. He illustrates that popular indicators like gross domestic product are... more » inadequate, as they inform us only about monetary flows and not about the state of the environment, the destruction of resources or the quality of life. The author summarizes a systems approach for finding indicators of sustainable development, and applies this method to find indicator sets for communities, states, countries and the world. He shares the theoretical foundations, the implementation procedure and the practical experience, providing several complete lists of indicators of sustainable development for different regions.« less