Explore new ways to better measure human development, comprehensive wealth and sustainability beyond standard economic indicators such as income and GDP. Examine how new indicators shape global, national and local policy worldwide. Well-being topics include health, happiness, trust, inequality and governance. Sustainability topics include sustainable development, environmental performance indicators, material flow analysis and decoupling, and inclusive wealth indicators. Students will build their own indicator of well-being and sustainability for a term paper.
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- Before enrolling in this course, students must submit the SEWSS Registration Form. For further information about the SEWSS certificate program, visit the Stanford Environmental & Water Studies Summer Program website.
- This course is offered as part of the Summer Intensive in Water Management and the Summer Intensive in International Management and qualifies toward the SEWSS Program Certificate and the Certificate of Completion in International Management.
- Only graduate students may register for CEE 271F. All other students must register for CEE 171F.
