Assessing human well‐being constructs with environmental and equity aspects: A review of the landscape
Abstract Decades of theory and scholarship on the concept of human well‐being have informed a proliferation of approaches to assess well‐being and support public policy aimed at sustainability and improving quality of life. Human well‐being is multidimensional, and well‐being emerges when the dimens...
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| author | Erin C. Betley Amanda Sigouin Pua’ala Pascua Samantha H. Cheng Kenneth Iain MacDonald Felicity Arengo Yildiz Aumeeruddy‐Thomas Sophie Caillon Marney E. Isaac Stacy D. Jupiter Alexander Mawyer Manuel Mejia Alexandria C. Moore Delphine Renard Lea Sébastien Nadav Gazit Eleanor J. Sterling |
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| description | Abstract Decades of theory and scholarship on the concept of human well‐being have informed a proliferation of approaches to assess well‐being and support public policy aimed at sustainability and improving quality of life. Human well‐being is multidimensional, and well‐being emerges when the dimensions and interrelationships interact as a system. In this paper, we illuminate two crucial components of well‐being that are often excluded from policy because of their relative difficulty to measure and manage: equity and interrelationships between humans and the environment. We use a mixed‐methods approach to review and summarize progress to date in developing well‐being constructs (including frameworks and methods) that address these two components. Well‐being frameworks that do not consider the environment, or interrelationships between people and their environment, are not truly measuring well‐being in all its dimensions. Use of equity lenses to assess well‐being frameworks aligns with increasing efforts to more holistically characterize well‐being and to guide sustainability management in ethical and equitable ways. Based on the findings of our review, we identify several pathways forward for the development and implementation of well‐being frameworks that can inform efforts to leverage well‐being for public policy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8d8aadce0b28441d93a50563198e11632023-12-12T09:43:35ZengWileyPeople and Nature2575-83142023-12-01561756177310.1002/pan3.10293Assessing human well‐being constructs with environmental and equity aspects: A review of the landscapeErin C. Betley0Amanda Sigouin1Pua’ala Pascua2Samantha H. Cheng3Kenneth Iain MacDonald4Felicity Arengo5Yildiz Aumeeruddy‐Thomas6Sophie Caillon7Marney E. Isaac8Stacy D. Jupiter9Alexander Mawyer10Manuel Mejia11Alexandria C. Moore12Delphine Renard13Lea Sébastien14Nadav Gazit15Eleanor J. Sterling16Center for Biodiversity and Conservation American Museum of Natural History New York NY USACenter for Biodiversity and Conservation American Museum of Natural History New York NY USACenter for Biodiversity and Conservation American Museum of Natural History New York NY USACenter for Biodiversity and Conservation American Museum of Natural History New York NY USAUniversity of Toronto Toronto ON CanadaCenter for Biodiversity and Conservation American Museum of Natural History New York NY USACEFE CNRS Université de Montpellier University Paul Valéry Montpellier 3 EPHE IRD Montpellier FranceCEFE CNRS Université de Montpellier University Paul Valéry Montpellier 3 EPHE IRD Montpellier FranceUniversity of Toronto Toronto ON CanadaWildlife Conservation Society Melanesia Program Suva FijiUniversity of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Honolulu HI USACoral Reef Alliance Honolulu HI USACenter for Biodiversity and Conservation American Museum of Natural History New York NY USACEFE CNRS Université de Montpellier University Paul Valéry Montpellier 3 EPHE IRD Montpellier FranceToulouse II University CNRS Geode research center Toulouse FranceCenter for Biodiversity and Conservation American Museum of Natural History New York NY USACenter for Biodiversity and Conservation American Museum of Natural History New York NY USAAbstract Decades of theory and scholarship on the concept of human well‐being have informed a proliferation of approaches to assess well‐being and support public policy aimed at sustainability and improving quality of life. Human well‐being is multidimensional, and well‐being emerges when the dimensions and interrelationships interact as a system. In this paper, we illuminate two crucial components of well‐being that are often excluded from policy because of their relative difficulty to measure and manage: equity and interrelationships between humans and the environment. We use a mixed‐methods approach to review and summarize progress to date in developing well‐being constructs (including frameworks and methods) that address these two components. Well‐being frameworks that do not consider the environment, or interrelationships between people and their environment, are not truly measuring well‐being in all its dimensions. Use of equity lenses to assess well‐being frameworks aligns with increasing efforts to more holistically characterize well‐being and to guide sustainability management in ethical and equitable ways. Based on the findings of our review, we identify several pathways forward for the development and implementation of well‐being frameworks that can inform efforts to leverage well‐being for public policy.https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10293equityhuman–environment interactionshuman–environment interrelationsnaturesocial–ecological systemssustainability |
| spellingShingle | Erin C. Betley Amanda Sigouin Pua’ala Pascua Samantha H. Cheng Kenneth Iain MacDonald Felicity Arengo Yildiz Aumeeruddy‐Thomas Sophie Caillon Marney E. Isaac Stacy D. Jupiter Alexander Mawyer Manuel Mejia Alexandria C. Moore Delphine Renard Lea Sébastien Nadav Gazit Eleanor J. Sterling Assessing human well‐being constructs with environmental and equity aspects: A review of the landscape People and Nature equity human–environment interactions human–environment interrelations nature social–ecological systems sustainability |
| title | Assessing human well‐being constructs with environmental and equity aspects: A review of the landscape |
| title_full | Assessing human well‐being constructs with environmental and equity aspects: A review of the landscape |
| title_fullStr | Assessing human well‐being constructs with environmental and equity aspects: A review of the landscape |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing human well‐being constructs with environmental and equity aspects: A review of the landscape |
| title_short | Assessing human well‐being constructs with environmental and equity aspects: A review of the landscape |
| title_sort | assessing human well being constructs with environmental and equity aspects a review of the landscape |
| topic | equity human–environment interactions human–environment interrelations nature social–ecological systems sustainability |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10293 |
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