Open AccessWell-being: a Latin American response to the socio-ecological crisis
Author(s) -
HansJürgen Burchardt
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
alternautas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2057-4924
DOI - 10.31273/alternautas.v6i1.1089
Subject(s) - latin americans , index (typography) , natural resource , geography , ecology , variable (mathematics) , sociology , political science , biology , computer science , mathematical analysis , mathematics , world wide web , law
Ever more acute socio-ecological problems demand a reorientation of natural resource-intensive growth paths. In this regard, the Ecuadorean “healthy and good life index” (Indice de vida saludable y bien vivida, IVSBV) offers alternatives for measuring quality of life.Discussing sedimented ideas of wellbeing and the meaningfulness of its measurements, as well as the introduction of the variable “time” as a determinant of social development, seeks to advance a socioecological model.