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Quality of life and environmental constraints: An annotated bibliography

dc.contributor.authorDe Young, Raymond
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-04T17:49:08Z
dc.date.available2011-05-04T17:49:08Z
dc.date.issued1983
dc.identifier.citationDe Young, R. (1983) Quality of life and environmental constraints. No. 129, Chicago, IL: Council of Planning Librarians <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/83717>en_US
dc.identifier.isbn0866021299
dc.identifier.otherDDC: 16.3060973
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/83717
dc.description.abstractThe economic profession implicitly assumes that satisfaction and happiness are not directly measurable. Thus, economists have worked at developing indicators, usually counted in dollars, to act as proxies for these intangibles. Each of these indicators relies on the assumption that economic and psychological well-being have a very close and necessary association. And yet many writers have argued that as economic well-being increased in the post-world -war -two years, psychological well-being declined. Social science research on the various domains of life satisfaction and sense of well-being is beginning to uncover the importance of such issues as a sense of self-worth, a sense that personal actions matter, a feeling of compatibility between behavior and the world at large, a sense of self-reliance, the sense of relatedness to the community and to nature, and the sense of responsibility to the environment. These are issues largely overlooked by most economic indicators. This collection of readings accents these issues and is suggestive of the direction future research should take. Surprisingly little is known about the ways in which people seek to have their lives compatible with environmental constraints. Missing is an understanding of how to life life-as-a-work-of-art, a sense of behavioral aesthetic. The literature discussed here suggests that the growth of voluntarily simple life styles, increased appreciation of intrinsic rewards (in contrast to extrinsic, usually monetary, rewards), and a tendency to look beyond economic arguments, are all part of a growing, ecologically-concerned, segment of society. If research can show that a resource compatible life style is also rewarding and fulfilling in its own right, then our approach to environmental planning and management may need to undergo a radical shift.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherCPL Bibliographiesen_US
dc.subjectQuality of Lifeen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental Constraintsen_US
dc.subjectSustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectIntrinsic Satisfactionen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental Stewardshipen_US
dc.subjectIntrinisc Motivationen_US
dc.subjectVoluntary Simplicityen_US
dc.subjectLocalizationen_US
dc.subjectBehavioral Aestheticsen_US
dc.subjectReduced Consumptionen_US
dc.titleQuality of life and environmental constraints: An annotated bibliographyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelNatural Resources and Environment
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScience
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumNatural Resources and Environment, School ofen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampusAnn Arboren_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/83717/1/De_Young,_R._(1983)_The_quality_of_life_and_environmental_constraints,_CPL_(No._129).pdf
dc.owningcollnameEnvironment and Sustainability, School for (SEAS/SNRE)


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