In message Tue, 1 Nov 1994 23:27:45 -0500,
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> ... alternatives to
> GDP based methods of *quantifying*, well being are available.
> Is anyone familiar with the *recent* literature in this area,
> and could they provide a quick guide?
>
> Thanks, Peter Robertson
Here is Short Bibliography of Books Related to Alternative Indicators. I
have been involved in a project to develop a "Local indicator of
Sustainable Development". I could provide more information on that, if so
requested.
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There is a journal titled "Social Indicators".
and the bibliographies of these books give further resources.]
Alonso, William, and Paul Starr, ed.
The Politics of Numbers. New York: Russel Sage Foundation, 1987.
Blakely, Edward.
Planning Local Economic Development.
Beverley Hills, CA: Sage,
Brown, Lester R., Christopher Flavin, and Hal Kane, et al.
Vital Signs, 1992: The Trends that are Shaping Our Future.
New York: Norton, 1992.
Daley, Cobb and.
For the Common Good.Beacon Press, Boston, 1989
Duhl, Leonard.
The Social Entrepreneurship of Change, Linham,
MD: University Publishing Associates, 1990.
[Leonard Duhl is the initiator of the "Healthy Cities"
program that has been taken up by the World Health Organization.]
Ekins, Paul and M. Max Neef ed.
Real Life Economics. Routledge,
Ekins, Paul, et at.
The Gala Atlas of Green Economics.
New York, N.Y.: Doubleday Anchor Books, 1992.
Gunn, Chris and Hazel.
Reclaiming Capital.
Hall, Boband, Mary Lee Keff.
1991-1992 Green lndex. Washington,D.C. Island Press, 1991.
[Limited to state data.]
Henderson, Hazel.
Paradigms in Progress.
Knowledge Systems Inc, Indianapolis 1991
The Caracas Report on Alternative Economic.
Redefining Wealth and Progress: New
Ways to Measure Economic, Social and Environmental Change.
New York, New York:
The Bootstrap Press, 1989.
Institute, World Resources.
The 1992 Information Please Environmental Almanac.
Boston: Heighten Mifflin, 1992.
[Contains chapter on "Green Cities"]
Katzner, Donald W. Choice and the Quality of Life.
Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1979.
Miles, lan.
Social Indicators for Human Development.
New York: St. Martins, 19 8 5.
Moon, Bruce E.
The Political Economy of Basic Human Needs.
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 199 1.
Programme, United Nations Development. Human Development Report, 1992.
New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1992.
Waring, Marilyn.
If Women Counted: A New Feminist Economics.
San Francisco: Harper San Francisco, 1988.
Ekins, Paul & Max-Neef, Manfreed, editors.
Real Life Economics Routledge, London 1992
Anderson, Victor
Alternative Economic Indicators Routledge, London 1991
