Comparison of Weak and Strong Theories of Environmental Sustainability in the Conceptual Context of Sustainable Development

Table 5.

Estimation of patterns involving all types of capital

  Life satisfaction Life satisfaction Life satisfaction Life satisfaction

Y-intercept 3.58 (1.32) 5.07(1.24) 4.75(1.26) 2.24 (1.22)
GDP per capita - - - 0.55 (0.21)
Per capita national income 0.55 (0.15) 0.61 (0.14) 0.66(0.16) -
Natural capital per capita 0.33 (0.13) - - 0.29 (0.14)
Difference between environmental footprint and biocapacity - 0.08 (0.02) 0.05(0.01) -
Human Development Index 1.67 (1.33) 2.11 (1.12) 0.028(1.59) 2.79 (1.33)
Education Index -2.33 (1.15) -2.31(1.17) - -2.55(1.18)
Gini coefficient 0.03 (0.01) 0.05 (0.02) 0.03(0.01) 0.02(0.01)
The inflation rate -0.02 (0.01) -0.02 (0.01) -0.04(0.01) -0.02(0.01)
Unemployment rate -0.04 (0.02) -0.03 (0.02) -0.03(0.01) -0.05(0.01)
R2 0.71 0.69 0.65 0.68
Durbin-Watson 1.85 1.67 1.70 1.73