| Description |
ix, 382 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Progress and its measurement -- Perspectives on progress : economic growth, quality of life and ecological sustainability / Richard Eckersley -- Citizenship and progress / Mike Salvaris -- The science and politics of new measures of progress : a United States perspective / Ted Halstead -- Measuring changes in economic welfare : the genuine progress indicator for Australia / Clive Hamilton -- Measures of economic activity and welfare : the uses and abuses of GDP / Steve Dowrick, John Quiggin -- A framework for the presentation of indicators of national progress / Dennis Trewin -- Well-being and quality of life -- Measuring progress in population health and well-being / Colin Mathers, Bob Douglas -- Measuring social capital as part of progress and well-being / Eva Cox -- Who enjoys life and why: measuring subjective well-being / Alex Wearing, Bruce Headey -- Incomes, standards of living and quality of life: preliminary findings from the middle Australia project / Michael Pusey -- Work, poverty and income -- Progress in the workplace / Sue Richardson -- The role of indicators of income poverty in the measurement of national progress / Peter Saunders -- Indicators of income inequality / Ann Harding -- Incorporating non-cash income and expenditure in the measurement of inequality and poverty / David Johnson -- The natural environment -- The Titanic or the Ark? Indicators of national progress towards environmental sustainability / Valerie Brown -- Reporting on the state of our environment / Ian Lowe -- Introduction to environmental indicators / Tony Fleming -- Environmental indicators for biological diversity / Denis Saunders -- Environmental indicators fo land resources / Ann Hamblin -- Environmental indicators for the atmosphere / Michael Manton -- Environmental indicators for estuaries and the seas / Trevor Ward -- Environmental indicators for human settlements / Peter Newton |
| Summary |
More than twenty-five of Australia's leading scholars and researchers consider social, economic and environmental indicators of national performance and what they tell us about the quality and sustainability of life in Australia |
| Analysis |
Economic development |
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Economic indicators |
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Environmental indicators |
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Federal issue |
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Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) |
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Gross domestic product |
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Living standards |
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Measurement |
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Progress |
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Quality of life |
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Social indicators |
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Statistics |
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Sustainable development |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies |
| Notes |
Also available via the World Wide Web |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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System requirements: Internet connectivity, World Wide Web browser. Downloading of an entire book requires Adobe Digital Editions. Use of bookmarks requires individual registration with Amigo Reader |
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CSIRO Australia 1998 |
| Subject |
Economic indicators -- Australia.
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Environmental indicators -- Australia.
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Quality of life -- Australia.
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Social indicators -- Australia.
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| Author |
Eckersley, Richard, 1947-
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Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
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| LC no. |
00001375 |
| ISBN |
0643062963 |
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