The road to sustainability; GDP and future generations.9781845641405The road to sustainability; GDP GDP (guanosine diphosphate): see guanine. and future generations. Pulselli, Federico M. et al. WIT Press 2008 197 pages $147.00 Hardcover HC79 This title presents a view of sustainability including epistemological e·pis·te·mol·o·gy n. The branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge, its presuppositions and foundations, and its extent and validity. [Greek epist foundations of the concept of sustainability and historical backgrounds, and describes the methodology of the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare The Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare is an economic indicator intended to replace the gross domestic product. Rather than simply adding together all expenditures like the gross domestic product, consumer expenditure is balanced by such factors as income distribution and cost (ISEW ISEW Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (UK) ISEW Intelligence, Security, and Electronic Warfare ). This Index proposes revisions to the System of National Accounts and GDP to add information for policy makers; the authors maintain that the ISEW is a feasible calculation and some experiments are presented from the local Italian level. The book is presented sequentially from foundations to methods and applications with a brief conclusion following. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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