Forms of well-being
Well-being is complex, multi-dimensional and context-specific and includes physical (objective well-being), social and emotional attributes (subjective well-being)—but policy continues to use single or multidimensional objective measures to evaluate well-being and pursue policies to improve it.

The natural environment provides many of the most vital elements of well-being: physical, emotional and social. Of course, cultural values and personal circumstances also affect happiness; therefore the elements of well-being will vary from person to person, place to place, and culture to culture.

Thus, policies should focus on enabling wellbeing by providing for the freedoms and capabilities that allow each person to achieve what will contribute to his or her own well-being.


Immediately related elementsHow this works
-
Planet Under Pressure »Planet Under Pressure
4. The way ahead »4. The way ahead
Policy Briefs »Policy Briefs
6. Human well-being »6. Human well-being
Forms of well-being
Comprehensive well-being »Comprehensive well-being
Objective well-being  »Objective well-being
Subjective well-being »Subjective well-being
Need to develop comprehensive measures »Need to develop comprehensive measures
+Kommentare (0)
+Verweise (0)
+About