Quality of Life in Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development

• Autorzy: Agnieszka Sobol
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

There is a widespread perception that sustainable development is an optimal way of development for the world globally. Sustainability requires a reorientation of global, national and local policies in a way to put the long-term quality of life as a priority. Around the world governments at all levels have been learning how to work with the idea of sustainable development and searching for ways to introduce it into practice. Over the last two decades, there has been an intensive discourse and research about measuring sustainable development. Many initiatives have been undertaken to introduce indicators for monitoring and measuring progress towards sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the meaning of a category of quality of life for sustainable development from global to a local perspective. It gives recommendations for policymaking and suggestions for future research. The paper reviews key findings, research gaps and also discusses policy implications in terms of the importance of quality of life for sustainable development. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Quality of life; Sustainable development; Monitoring

PL

Jakość życia; Rozwój zrównoważony; Monitoring

• Czasopismo: Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska
• Rocznik: 2019
• Numer: z. 140
• Strony: 351--364

Twórcy

autor

Agnieszka Sobol

• University of Economics in Katowice, Poland

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.29119/1641-3466.2019.140.29