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dc.contributor.authorTodorov, Vladislav
dc.contributor.authorMarinova, Dora
dc.contributor.editorAnderssen, R.S
dc.contributor.editorR.D. Braddock
dc.contributor.editorL.T.H. Newham
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:09:14Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:09:14Z
dc.date.created2011-06-30T20:02:48Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.citationTodorov, V.I. and Marinova, D. 2009. Sustainometrics: Measuring sustainability, in Anderssen, R.S. and Braddock, R.D. and Newham, L.T.H. (ed), MODSIM 2009 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Jul 13 2009, pp. 1223-1229. Cairns, QLD: The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18656
dc.description.abstract

The paper argues for the need of "sustainometrics", i.e. a science that studies, models and measures sustainable development, including measuring progress towards sustainability, measuring the status quo, benchmarking and best practices. There are already vast bodies of research as to how to study and measure the economic, social and environmental but we do not know how to study and measure the whole. To make things even more complex, this whole is dynamic as it is constantly co-evolving with its components. This often results in the emergence of unexpected properties, an example of which is climate change. A new area of knowledge (and profession) is currently appearing which is sustainability. In order for it to inform policy decisions and guide human behaviour it will need to also develop its modelling and measuring tools (including sustainability indicators, ecological footprint and food miles among other) and information systems (local, regional and global), which sustainometrics should provide.

dc.publisherThe Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand
dc.subjectintelligent information system
dc.subjectsustainable development
dc.subjectglobal system
dc.subjectCo-evolution
dc.titleSustainometrics: Measuring sustainability
dc.typeConference Paper
dcterms.source.startPage1223
dcterms.source.endPage1229
dcterms.source.titleProceedings of MODSIM 2009 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
dcterms.source.seriesProceedings of MODSIM 2009 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
dcterms.source.isbn978-0-9758400-7-8
dcterms.source.conferenceMODSIM 2009 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
dcterms.source.conference-start-dateJul 13 2009
dcterms.source.conferencelocationCairns, Australia
dcterms.source.placeAustralia
curtin.departmentSustainable Policy Institute (CUSP)
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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