Palmer Fry, Benjamin N., Agarwala, Matthew, Atkinson, Giles 
ORCID: 0000-0001-6736-3074, Clements, Tom, Homewood, Katherine, Mourato, Susana ORCID: 0000-0002-9361-9990, Rowcliffe, J. Marcus, Wallace, Graham and Milner-Gulland, Eleanor Jane
(2017)
Monitoring local well-being in environmental interventions: a consideration of practical trade-offs.
Oryx, 51 (1).
pp. 68-76.
ISSN 0030-6053
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Abstract
Within the field of environmental management and conservation, the concept of well-being is starting to gain traction in monitoring the socio-economic and cultural impact of interventions on local people. Here we consider the practical trade-offs policy makers and practitioners must navigate when utilizing the concept of well-being in environmental interventions. We first review current concepts of well-being before considering the need to balance the complexity and practical applicability of the definition used and to consider both positive and negative components of well-being. A key determinant of how well-being is operationalized is the identity of the organization wishing to monitor it. We describe the trade-offs around the external and internal validity of different approaches to measuring well-being and the relative contributions of qualitative and quantitative information to understanding well-being. We explore how these trade-offs may be decided as a result of a power struggle between stakeholders. Well-being is a complex, multi-dimensional, dynamic concept that cannot be easily defined and measured. Local perspectives are often missed during the project design process as a result of the more powerful voices of national governments and international NGOs, so for equity and local relevance it is important to ensure these perspectives are represented at a high level in project design and implementation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJourna... |
| Additional Information: | © 2015 Fauna & Flora International, © CC BY 4.0 |
| Divisions: | Geography & Environment |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2015 12:53 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Oct 2024 16:31 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/64708 |
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