Quality of life and sustainability—

 Relation between sustainability and quality of life - > overlapping metaconcepts (approach to person – environment relationship), but...

- different time scale-level, determinants, indicators…

- different relative importance given to environmental exposure, methods to measure…

—QoL – more approaches and concepts x sustainability – normative concept

—QoL – evaluation of the current situation x sustainability – aim, planning and future

—Conflicts? Hedonistic well-being x strong environmental sustainability

- > find a balance between two competing perspectives

 

Task to next lesson

Think of how to implement sustainable point of view in QoL research

- Should the geography help people to improve quality of life? Should we participate in this process?