GNH Gross National Happiness Criteria living standard cultural diversity emotional well being health education time use eco-system community vitality

GNH Gross National Happiness Criteria living standard cultural diversity emotional well being health education time use eco-system community vitality good governance Dimensions and Indicators of GNH The efforts towards developing a GNH index was undertaken to provide Bhutan with a valuable set of indicators that can be utilized in making its development efforts more holistic and harmonious in its goals and means. The single number GNH index and its component indicators provide Bhutan with three different levels and types of indicators: GNH status indicators. Hundreds of such indicators have already been calculated from the primary data. GNH demographic indicators. These indicators show distribution of GNH dimensions across different social, economic and demographic groups. GNH causal and correlation indicators. The GNH index been designed to fulfill various criteria which are needed for periodic national measure of happiness that is also relevant to national and district policy. http://www.grossnationalhappiness.com//gnhindex/intruductiongnh.aspx

GPI Genuine Progress Index GPI= GDP The Genuine Progress Indicator 2006 A Tool for Sustainable Development http://www.rprogress.org/publications/2007/gpi%202006.pdf#search="gpi"

NPO http://www.rprogress.org/publications/2007/gpi%202006.pdf#search="gpi" CO2

H20 http://www5.cao.go.jp/seikatsu/whitepaper/h20/10_pdf/01_honpen/pdf/08sh_0103_01.pdf

http://www5.cao.go.jp/seikatsu/whitepaper/h20/10_pdf/01_honpen/pdf/08sh_0103_02.pdf

HappyPlanetIndex Happy Planet Index HPI2.0 143 09 2009Happy Planet Index 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 9 2008 97 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 15 16 27 30 35 37 38 43 http://www.shiawasehp.net/diary/200704/10.html

Human Development Index 2009 GDP 182 1. Norway 2. Austraria 3. Iceland 4. Canada 5. Ireland 6. Netherlands 7. Sweden 8. France 9 Switzerland 10. Japan 11. Luxembourg 12. Finland 13. United States 14. Austria 15. Spain 16. Denmark 17. Belgium Environmental Performance Index 25149 2008 Environmental Performance Index 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 21 24 28 http://www.shiawasehp.net/diary/200704/10.html

GCI 2008 08 110 1 United States 2 Switzerland 3 Denmark 4 Sweden 5 Singapore 7 6 Finland 7 Germany 5 8 Netherlands 10 9 Japan 8 10 Canada 13 129 110 108 130 GPI Global Peace Index2009 144 2009 Global Peace Index 10 1 2 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 http://www.shiawasehp.net/diary/200704/10.html

Living Green.The World's Greenest, Most Livable Cities 141 72 05 06 1. Finland 2. Iceland 3. Norway 4. Sweden 5. Austria 6. Switzerland 7. Ireland 8. Australia 9. Uruguay 10. Denmark 11. Canada 12. Japan 13. Israel 14. Italy 15. Slovenia 16. France 17. Netherlands 1. Stockholm, Sweden 2. Oslo, Norway 3. Munich, Germany 4. Paris, France 5. Frankfurt, Germany 6. Stuttgart, Germany 7. Lyon, France 8. Dusseldorf, Germany 9. Nantes, France 10. Copenhagen, Denmark 11. Geneva, Switzerland 12. Zurich, Switzerland 13. Glasgow, United Kingdom 14. Barcelona, Spain 15. New York, United States 16. Brussels, Belgium 17. Hamburg, Germany 18. Hong Kong, PR China 19. Newcastle, United Kingdom 20. Tokyo, Japan http://www.shiawasehp.net/diary/200704/10.html

World Database of Happiness World Database of Happiness http://worlddatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl/hap_nat/nat_fp.php

http://www.asahi.com/business/update/0916/tky200909160422.html

http://www.sumitomotrust.co.jp/res/research/pdf2/700_5.pdf