The ever-rising population of the twenty-first century together with the prevailing challenges,
such as deteriorating quality of arable land and water, has placed a big challenge for plant …

The natural environment is now commonly viewed as a form of capital asset, or natural
capital. Also included are ecosystems that provide important goods and services to the …

Literatures on sustainability have developed dramatically over recent decades. These
literatures have not only added an enormous number of dimensions, but also have …

In a 2014 issue of Nature, members of our research group called for abandoning the gross
domestic product as the key indicator in economic policymaking. In this new article, we …

Abstract Although the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
has revealed that the development of scenarios is crucial for helping decision makers …

Sustainability requires maintaining opportunities for future generations, so they can meet
their needs. Opportunities are passed to future generations through a set of capital assets …

It is increasingly common to judge the sustainable development of nations by non-declining
social well-being. Determinants of social well-being have been measured and used for …

This study explores the relationship between inclusive wealth, economic growth, and
productivity of natural capital (including forestry, fishery, fossil energy reserves and minerals) …

This paper evaluates whether future societal trajectories for Japan will occur along
sustainable pathways. This work first provides future scenarios for different regions in Japan …

This chapter analyzes productivity and efficiency by using inclusive wealth as a
sustainability measurement. This study extends current measures of sustainability by …