Family-based Sustainable Development Accounting: Theory And Methods

The concept of sustainable development in today's increasingly been accepted, Economists and environmental scientists from all angles of them for the environment, Inter-generational equity, and other sustainability issues and the views of the solution, the paper based on the existing research results, and to achieve breakthroughs. Research from the content point of view, the point of this choice is to study the family as the basic unit of society as a result of environmental issues, then provide ideas to resolve. The previous one, based on the theoretical basis of the social metabolism theory, in front of their families for the start and innovation. For the latter issue, that is, to solve environmental problems. Based on the accounting of the family drawn on the basis of some basic conclusions and policy measures and future development trends of society wishes, seek to expand the environmental problem solving ideas. Family accounting is based on material flow analysis method, is the same at the family level of refinement and innovation. In this paper, do not expect its accounting methods and the theory perfect, only hope that at the family level of sustainable development put forward their views and suggestions to China's sustainable development.