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Inclusive wealth report 2012 : measuring progress toward sustainability / - xxx, 336 pages : illustrations (color), maps (color) ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: Inclusive wealth : an overview
1. Well-being and wealth
2. Accounting for the inclusive wealth of nations : empirical evidence
3. The significance of the natural wealth of nations
4. Measuring inclusive wealth at the State level in the United States
5. Are national economies (virtually) sustainable? : An empirical analysis of natural assets in international trade
6. Natural capital as economic assets : a review
7. The road to wealth accounting
8. Ecosystem services and wealth accounting
9. Inclusive wealth accounting for regulating ecosystem services
10. Accounting for water : stocks, flows, and values
11. Safeguarding the future of the wealth of nature
Conclusion: Lessons, findings and recommendations.

Presents an economic index that measures the wealth of nations through a comprehensive analysis of a country's productive base.

ISBN: 9781107683396 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sustainable development.
Wealth.
Natural resources.
Human capital.
Gross domestic product--Environmental aspects.
Comparative economics.

Dewey Class. No.: 338.927 INC / 002701