Are we like as we behave? Importance of socio-environmental indicators for human scale development

Authors

  • Christian Henríquez Zuñiga
  • Guillermo Pacheco Habert

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7867/2317-5443.2014v2n2p027-046

Keywords:

Human scale development, socio-environmental indicators, sustainable regional development.

Abstract

Discussing about development processes can generate a reflection about objective and subjective indicators, as well as revealing the importance of using socio-environmental indicators for understanding what we call as development. Using GDP as an indicator, or rather as a “marker†to differentiate between developed and developing countries, is discussed in this paper. It is present in this context a theoretical discussion which allows reflecting about socio-environmental indicators, or on a different development. This article mix exploratory studies and bibliographic research, it has been made in the context of a master’s dissertation. It concludes that the GDP has been used for a long time to measure the wealth of nations, and finally has been subject to criticism due to its limited global application, what does not answer contemporary needs. The socio-environmental indicators can improve the understanding of the processes for regional sustainable development, from a critical way, interdisciplinary and on a human scale.

JEL-Code | O15; Q01; Q56.

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Published

2015-06-01

How to Cite

Zuñiga, C. H., & Habert, G. P. (2015). Are we like as we behave? Importance of socio-environmental indicators for human scale development. Revista Brasileira De Desenvolvimento Regional, 2(2), 027–046. https://doi.org/10.7867/2317-5443.2014v2n2p027-046

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