Calculation of ISEW (Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare) at regional and local levels of coastal areas.

During the last decade of the XX century, there has been an increasing interest in studying sustainable development and introducing welfare measures that could be interpreted as alternatives to GDP. The Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW) is a monetary measure of sustainability and economic welfare aimed at overcoming some of the limitations of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Following this trend, the purpose of this Student Research Hub research project is to research the individual elements that make up the index and use those findings to construct ISEW at a regional-local level, in coastal areas, in a specific period of time.

General Learning outcomes

• Increased awareness of approaches to research and statistics data collection. 
• Methodical application of collected statistic data in the construction economic indicators.  
• Good understanding of the concept of sustainable development and how it can be expressed in an indicator beyond GDP.