Contrasting change in Subjective and Objective Wellbeing in the Context of Spatio-temporal Environmental Change: A comparative case stud

时空环境变化背景下主观和客观幸福感的对比变化：比较案例研究

• 批准号: 2606455
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Southampton
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2606455
• 关键词: Contrasting; change; Subjective; Objective; Wellbeing

Wellbeing in lower-middle income countries is influenced by multiple social, economic, cultural, politicaland environmental factors. This project will specifically investigate the impacts of environmental changeupon both objective and subjective wellbeing in Volta Delta, Ghana. The former includes quantitativemeasures such as income, whereas the latter includes perceptions of happiness for example.Rural deltas are particularly vulnerable to environmental change due to their economic reliance onagricultural productivity, exposure to climatic shocks and restricted ability to adapt to changingconditions. As such, secondary data from the Deltas, Vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration andAdaption project will be utilised. The dataset incorporates self-reported variables relating to exposure andsensitivity to environmental hazards, as well as extensive data relating to both forms of wellbeing.Environmental variables will also be derived through remote sensing data to examine the influence ofchanging climates, land-use and road accessibility upon communities' wellbeing.Central to this project is the comparison between the responses of two wellbeing domains, objective andsubjective. By comparing the impacts of environmental change upon different wellbeing types, thisresearch can expand the understanding of what context-specific developments are most suitable fordifferent localities. This will be achieved by using advanced quantitative techniques to explore thedynamic relationships between objective and subjective wellbeing and environmental change over spaceand time. Fieldwork in Ghana will also be undertaken, including interviews and focus groups withgovernment personnel and community locals. This stage is vital in enriching quantitative results andunderstanding local context.

中低收入国家的福祉受到多种社会、经济、文化、政治和环境因素的影响。该项目将具体调查环境变化对加纳沃尔特三角洲客观和主观幸福感的影响。前者包括收入等量化指标，而后者包括幸福感等感知。农村三角洲特别容易受到环境变化的影响，因为它们的经济依赖于农业生产力，容易受到气候冲击，适应不断变化的条件的能力有限。因此，将利用三角洲、脆弱性和气候变化：移民和适应项目的二手数据。该数据集包含了与环境危害暴露和敏感性相关的自我报告变量，以及与两种形式的健康相关的广泛数据。还将通过遥感数据得出环境变量，以检查气候变化、土地利用和道路可达性对社区福祉的影响。该项目的核心是比较两个幸福领域的反应，客观和主观。通过比较环境变化对不同幸福类型的影响，本研究可以扩大对具体环境发展最适合不同地区的理解。这将通过使用先进的定量技术来探索客观和主观幸福感与空间和时间环境变化之间的动态关系来实现。还将在加纳进行实地考察，包括与政府人员和当地社区进行访谈和焦点小组讨论。这一阶段对于丰富定量结果和了解当地情况至关重要。