Towards Sustainable Development Indicators to Measure Progress (Proceedings of the Rome Conference)

Until recently, governments have measured economic progress by tallying such statistics as GDP, inflation and balance of payments. Today they agree that economic expansion should be socially and environmentally sustainable. Hence measuring progress towards sustainable development is essential to sup...

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Main Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Corporate Authors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-), Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development Corporate Author (corporate author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Paris : OECD Publishing 2000.
Series:Sustainable development.
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Summary:Until recently, governments have measured economic progress by tallying such statistics as GDP, inflation and balance of payments. Today they agree that economic expansion should be socially and environmentally sustainable. Hence measuring progress towards sustainable development is essential to support decision making and inform the public. How should environmental and social outcomes, such as clean air and water, full employment and good health be integrated with measures of economic progress? How will we know about progress towards sustainable transport, agriculture and energy production and use? Towards sustainable development: Indicators to Measure Progress addresses these fundamental questions. The book contains the proceedings of the OECD Conference that was held in Rome in December 1999. It presents the wide range of initiatives and indicators that are already in place, and outlines the challenges that remain in measuring progress towards sustainable development.
Item Description:"OECD held [this] conference "Towards Sustainable Development: Indicators to Measure Progress", on 15-17 December 1999 in Rome"--Foreword.
"Sustainable Development"--Cover.
Physical Description:1 online resource (417 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781280082412
9786610082414
9789264187641