A comprehensive wealth index for cities in Germany

We apply a comprehensive wealth index for the 100 largest autonomous cities in Germany to measure their endowment with environmental, energy, social, human, and economic capital stocks. We find that (i) there is no inherent trade-off between economic and environmental capital stocks; (ii) clear regi...

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Hauptverfasser: Dovern, Jonas (VerfasserIn) , Quaas, Martin F. (VerfasserIn) , Rickels, Wilfried (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 19 February 2014
In: Ecological indicators
Year: 2014, Jahrgang: 41, Pages: 79-86
ISSN:1872-7034
DOI:10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.01.009
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.01.009
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X1400017X
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Verfasserangaben:Jonas Dovern, Martin F. Quaas, Wilfried Rickels
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Zusammenfassung:We apply a comprehensive wealth index for the 100 largest autonomous cities in Germany to measure their endowment with environmental, energy, social, human, and economic capital stocks. We find that (i) there is no inherent trade-off between economic and environmental capital stocks; (ii) clear regional differences exist between West and East Germany and between North and South Germany; and (iii) the comprehensive wealth index is strongly correlated with housing rents, which reflect individual willingness to pay for living in a certain city.
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ISSN:1872-7034
DOI:10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.01.009