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050 00 $aGE 140$bP74 2001
100 1 $aPrescott-Allen, Robert,$d1942-
245 14 $aThe wellbeing of nations :$ba country-by-country index of quality of life and the environment /$cRobert Prescott-Allen ; in cooperation with International Development Research Centre ... [et. al.].
260 $aWashington [D.C.] :$bIsland Press,$cc2001.
300 $axxiii, 342 p. :$bill. (some col.), col maps ;$c28 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 325-334) and index.
505 0 $aThe quest for wellbeing and sustainability -- How far to the good life? -- Why new indices? -- The Wellbeing Assessment difference -- Human wellbeing -- Human Wellbeing Index -- Measuring human wellbeing -- Few nations well, many unwell -- The equity effect -- It's the economy, and it's not -- How far from having nothing--or how close to having it all? -- Health and population -- Health -- Population -- Wealth -- Household wealth -- National wealth -- Knowledge and culture -- Community -- Freedom and governance -- Peace and order -- Equity -- Household equity -- Gender equity -- Ecosystem wellbeing -- Ecosystem Wellbeing Index -- Measuring ecosystem wellbeing -- Most of the planet is poor or mediocre -- The resource use effect -- Biodiversity and environmental quality -- The size of the foot--or where it's put? -- Land -- Land diversity -- Land quality -- Water -- Air -- Global atmosphere -- Local air quality -- Species and genes -- Wild diversity -- Domesticated diversity -- Resource use -- Energy and materials -- Resource sectors -- Combining human and ecosystem wellbeing -- Distances to sustainability -- Wellbeing Index -- Wellbeing/Stress Index -- Wellbeing performance groups -- Human wellbeing and ecosystem stress: signs of a way forward -- Regional reviews -- North and Central America -- West Indies -- South America -- Northern Africa -- West Africa -- Central and East Africa -- Southern Africa -- Northern Europe -- Southern Europe -- Eastern Europe -- West Asia -- Russia and Central and East Asia -- Southern Asia -- Pacific -- Aiming for human and ecosystem wellbeing -- Commitment to human and ecosystem wellbeing -- Regular wellbeing assessments -- Information and communication on human and ecosystem wellbeing -- Sustainable wealth -- Wellbeing areas (Slow Zones) -- Wellbeing alliances and partnerships -- Human Wellbeing Index -- Health and population -- Wealth index; household wealth -- National wealth -- Knowledge -- Community index; freedom and governance; peace -- Crime -- Equity -- Ecosystem Wellbeing Index -- Land index; basic data; native forest change -- Natural, modified, cultivated, and built land -- Land protection -- Land quality -- Water index; river conversion; water withdrawal -- Inland water quality: score, oxygen balance, nutrients, and acidification -- Inland water quality: suspended solids, microbial pollution, and arsenic and heavy metals -- Air index; global atmosphere -- Local air quality -- Species and genes index; wild species rank; wild plant species -- Wild animal species; domesticated diversity -- Domesticated diversity (continued) -- Resource use index; energy; timber -- Agriculture; fish and seafood self-reliance -- Fisheries -- Wellbeing Index and Wellbeing/Stress Index -- Wellbeing performance groups -- Countries ranked by Wellbeing Index -- Monetary and physical accounts -- Counting money: the System of National Accounts -- Wrong number: Gross Domestic Product -- Better bookkeeping: "greening" the national accounts -- Heavy lifting: physical accounts -- Wellbeing Assessment -- Scope and origins of Wellbeing Assessment -- Framework: equal treatment of people and ecosystem -- Six-stage cycle -- Define the system and goals -- Identify elements and objectives -- Choose indicators and performance criteria -- Measure and map indicators -- Combine indicators and map indices -- Review results and propose policies -- Bellagio principles for assessing sustainable development -- Background of the dimensions -- Assessment frameworks -- Common units for combining indicators -- Performance scales -- Performance criteria chosen for The Wellbeing of Nations -- Summary of combining procedures used in The Wellbeing of Nations -- Map Maker Pro -- Initial classification of interior, coastal, and ocean basins.
650 0 $aEnvironmental quality.
650 0 $aEnvironmental indicators.
948 $a01/24/2002$b04/03/2002
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