Links, Processes, Drivers and Factors

1. Income and wealth
   • Income (per capita and by source)
     Income distribution (Gini Coefficient; ratio of richest 20% income to poorest 20% income; percent of population living below the poverty line)
     Income stability
   • Employment and employment rates
   • Household wealth- housing goods, foods (standard of living)
     Household equity (distribution of wealth, ratio of assets of richest 20% to assets of poorest 20%)
   • Potential alternative sources of income and wealth
     Ecotourism
     Renewable resource harvests
2. Health factors
   • Life expectancy
   • Infant mortality and under 5 mortality
   • Drinking water quality
   • Air quality
   • Job related injuries
   • Mental health
     Depression
     Suicide
     Drug addiction/alcoholism
3. Education
4. Environmental amenities
   • Parks
   • Recreational opportunities
   • Prevalence of visibly degraded areas
5. Expectations
   Quality of life is the ability to satisfy ones needs and wants. The higher the expectations (the more one wants), the lower the quality of life, ceteris paribus. Cultural issue. Perhaps worth comparing Sami, Pomors, long time residents, recent arrivals, different age groups.
6. Existing indices
   • regional GNP
   • Human development index
     May have been calculated already. Includes per capita income, infant mortality, years of schooling and literacy rate.
   • Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare
     Could be calculated through time, and compared with other regions. Methodology to be found in H. Daly and J. Cobb, 1989, For the Common Good

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Models