No scientific proposition which records the processes and results of observation and experiment is complete unless processes and results are stated in numerical form. John Dewey A social indicator may be defined as a statistic of direct normative interest which facilitates concise, comprehensive, and balanced judgments about the condition of major aspects of the society. Kenneth C . Land We have seen that life is characterized by a maze of interde- pendence, yet no framework has emerged for its

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... systematic study. Although specialists and disciplinary generalists have made major gains in understanding this or that part of human life and a few indirect effects here and there, we remain a long way from assembling a single framework for socioenvironmental inquiry. Marcus Felson