Alaska Sustainable Gross State Product

Authors

• Eric Larson

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Description

Over the past ten years, the idea of "sustainable development" has been promoted as a way to reconcile economic development and environmental protection. With this popularity has come many different -- and often conflicting -- definitions and interpretations of "sustainability." To help clarify the meaning of "sustainable development," this paper offers a very basic definition of sustainability. This particular definition is measurable and allows us monitor whether or not we are achieving sustainability. This paper presents the assumptions underlying the basic definition of sustainability and then describe the methods for measuring it using an indicator called "sustainable gross state product." Presented at the "Can the Last Frontier Have A Sustainable Future" conference in Anchorage, Alaska.

Publication Date

4-17-1999

Keywords

sustainability definitions, gross state product, equity, economic development, indicators

Recommended Citation

Larson, Eric, "Alaska Sustainable Gross State Product" (1999). Reports. 435.
https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/uaa_iser_reports/435

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11122/12331