Description : Sustainable development represents a commitment to advancing human well-being, with the added constraint that this development needs to take place within the ecological limits of the biosphere. Progress in both these dimensions of sustainable development can be assessed: we use the UN Human Development Index (HDI) as an indicator of development and the Ecological Footprint as an indicator of human demand on the biosphere.
Auteur : Aurélien Boutaud, Dan Moran et al.
Edition : Ecological Economics
Année : 2008
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