Karen Scott

Measuring Wellbeing: Towards Sustainability? (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers new insights into the relationship between wellbeing and sustainable development through a focus on local indicators

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136287558
• Artikelnr.: 38257079

Autorenporträt

Karen Scott is a research fellow at The Centre for Rural Economy at Newcastle University, UK. Her professional experience in social care, community planning and environmental fields underpins her academic research interest in the politics of human wellbeing and sustainable development at the local level.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Reviewing Wellbeing Concepts and Measurement 1.Introduction 2.
Human Wellbeing and Quality of Life 3. Sustainable Wellbeing: An Oxymoron?
4. Leave it to the People? Power and Participation 5.The role of
Indicators: Knowledge, Rationality and Public Policy Part 2 : Measuring
Wellbeing in Practice 6. Case study in Blyth Valley District Council -
Background and Context 7. Defining 'Local' Wellbeing: Discourse and Debate
8. Towards a Common Measure: Developing a Wellbeing Framework 9.Conclusion