@article {67185, title = {Quality of life: an approach
integrating opportunities, human needs, and subjective well-
being}, journal = {Ecological Economics}, volume = {61}, year =
{2008}, pages = {267-276}, abstract = {Enhancing Quality of Life
(QOL) has long been an explicit or implicit goal for
individuals, communities, nations, and the world. But defining
QOL and measuring progress toward meeting this goal have been
elusive. Diverse {\textquotedblleft}objective}, keywords = {BES,
human, quality of life}, author = {Costanza, R. and Farley, J.
and Gayer, D. E. and Glenn, L. M. and Hudspeth, T. and Mahoney,
D. and McCahill, L. and McIntosh, B. and Reed, B. and Rizvi, S.
A. T. and Rizzo, D. M. and Fisher, B. and Simpatico, T. and
Snapp, R. and Ali, S. and Beer, C. and Bond, L. and Boumans, R.
and Danigelis, N. L. and Dickinson, J. and Elliott, C.} }