{"product_id":"developing-indicators-of-sustainability-in-development-von-joshi-lakshmi","title":"Developing Indicators of Sustainability in Development","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe publication of the Brundtland Report titled 'Our Common Future' in 1987, gave an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimpetus to the concept of sustainable development. In the post Brundtland era, nations all\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eover the world are concerned whether the development policies followed by them are\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esustainable or not. Sustainability Indicators are in the category of green national accounts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand are different from conventional indicators of economic growth. The main areas of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ediscussion in this thesis are firstly to interpret the Brundtland definition of sustainable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edevelopment in terms of satisfaction of needs. A simple interpretation of the Brundtland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommission's definition of sustainable development is that for development to be\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esustainable per capita human well being should be non- declining over time. Human well\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebeing depends on the utility of individuals and utility is dependent on the consumption of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ematerial needs and non- material needs. Although the importance of sustainability\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eindicators is considerable, the challenge lies in developing frameworks to value\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eenvironmental goods and services and integrating economic and environmental\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eaccounting into the same platform. The study focuses on the importance of measuring\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enon material needs or assigning monetized values to assess natural capital for strong\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esustainable development. The thesis is spread over different chapters focusing on some\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eissues related to sustainability indicators such as weak and strong sustainability,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimportance of critical natural assets in maintaining quality of life on earth, development\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Environmental Net National Product, environmental valuation techniques and dose\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eresponse functions to mention a few. The thesis describes the calculation of a clean air\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eindex for measuring quality of life in selected urban areas of India. At the end, the thesis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehighlights some limitations of developing sustainability indicators and suggests new areas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof research in the areas of resource, environment and growth economics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9781805247685\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9781805247685","offer_id":46359979262277,"sku":"9781805247685","price":36.3,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/ef7f0dfa-36b2-44a9-9600-082c70bec0af.jpg?v=1714107747","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/developing-indicators-of-sustainability-in-development-von-joshi-lakshmi","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}