Sustainability starts from the idea that human activities are dependent on environment and resources. Health, social security and economic stability of society are essential in defining quality of life. Sustainable development subsumes and puts in relation the economic development of a territory...

We develop indicators to measure the degree of economic integration and cooperation among East Asian economies and compare these with similar measures for other regions. Our indicators cover regional integration in trade, investment, financial assets, and people-to-people exchange. We also...

The Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW) is supposed to provide a more reliable indictor for both sustainability and welfare than gross national product (GNP). In this article, I argue first that the ISEWs lack a sound theoretical foundation. I show second that their conclusions are...