Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for Baltimore MD
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Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for Baltimore MD
University of VermontScholarWorks (a) UVMGraduate College Dissertations and ThesesDissertations and Theses2010Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicato Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for Baltimore MD or (GP1) for Baltimore, MDStephen PosnerUniveriity of VermontFollow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddisRecommended CitationPosner, Stephen. 'Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GP1) for Baltimore. MD’ (2010). Graduate College Diííertationí and Theses. 183.https: Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for Baltimore MD //scholarworkcuvmedu /graddks/183This Thetit Í4 brought to you for free and open aoccsu by the Dliicrtatwns and Theses at Schi&rWixt* (ịí ƯVM It hai bEstimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for Baltimore MD
een accepted for inchauoci in Graduate College DfotaertatiocB and Thews by an authorized administrator of SchohrtXbrỉu v? VVM. For more tnfonmtion. plUniversity of VermontScholarWorks (a) UVMGraduate College Dissertations and ThesesDissertations and Theses2010Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicato Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for Baltimore MD of the Graduate CollegeofThe University of VermontIn Partial Fulfillment of the Requữements fol rhe Degree of Master of Science Specializing in Natural ResourcesMay. 2010Accepted by the Faculty of the Graduate College, The University of Vermont, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the de Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for Baltimore MD gree of Master of Science, specializing in Natural Resources.Thesis Examination Committee:AdvisorPatricia A. Stokowski, Ph.D.Associate Dean, GraduateEstimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for Baltimore MD
CollegeDate: November 11,2009ABSTRACTIn order to better manage progress toward improved human welfare, governments and organizations around the world University of VermontScholarWorks (a) UVMGraduate College Dissertations and ThesesDissertations and Theses2010Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicato Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for Baltimore MD ven useful as a measure of economic welfare by incorporating changes in environmental conditions, resource stocks, social capital, income distribution, and other non-marketed economic activity. Studies at the local scale have also found the GPI to be art effective tool for informing debate and stimu Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for Baltimore MD lating questions about the nature of the economic development process, hr this study, the GPI methodology is applied to Baltimore City. Baltimore CounEstimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for Baltimore MD
ty, and Maryland in order to explore how sustainable economic welfare in the Baltimore region has changed from 1950-2005. A comparison among per capitUniversity of VermontScholarWorks (a) UVMGraduate College Dissertations and ThesesDissertations and Theses2010Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicato Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for Baltimore MD capita GPI and Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the most widely recognized measure of national economic performance. Analysis of the trends at all tliree scales show that GDP growth does not con elate well with changes in welfare as measrrre by GPI. This implies that Baltimore City. Baltimore County, Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for Baltimore MD arrd Maryland could be ur a period of uneconomic growth, when the social and environmental costs of further economic growth outweigh the benefits of sEstimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for Baltimore MD
uch growth.However, the underlying methods used in sub-national applications of the GPI inevitably lead toward certain results, giving rise to an indiUniversity of VermontScholarWorks (a) UVMGraduate College Dissertations and ThesesDissertations and Theses2010Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicato Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for Baltimore MD ntly lead society toward undesnable conditions, key assumptions that contribute to mdicator bias in the GPI are tested for how they influence the final GPI results. The costs of cr ime, long-term environmental damage, and depletion of non-renewable natural resources categories are explored in more d Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for Baltimore MD epth. GPI is found to be art imperfect measttre of tore progress, but it is believed to be an improvement over GDP for guiding modem society towards aEstimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for Baltimore MD
mote sustainable and desirable future. More work is needed to incorporate uncertainty, fine-tune the underlying GPI methodology, and build broad consUniversity of VermontScholarWorks (a) UVMGraduate College Dissertations and ThesesDissertations and Theses2010Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicato Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for Baltimore MD region, though, the Baltimore GPI does inform citizens and decision-makers about a wide range of impacts resulting from the modem 'GDP gr owth’ paradigm.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTShl loving memory of sister Melissa Laren Posner. Estimating the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) for Baltimore MD University of VermontScholarWorks (a) UVMGraduate College Dissertations and ThesesDissertations and Theses2010Estimating the Genuine Progress IndicatoGọi ngay
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