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

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。该项目将专门调查加纳沃尔特三角洲的环境变化对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。农村三角洲由于经济上依赖农业生产力、易受气候冲击以及适应不断变化的条件的能力有限，因此特别容易受到环境变化的影响。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级数据。该数据集包含了自我报告的与环境危害暴露和敏感性相关的变量，以及与两种形式的福祉相关的广泛数据。环境变量也将通过遥感数据得出，以研究气候变化、土地使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福祉领域（客观和主观）的反应。通过比较环境变化对不同福祉类型的影响，本研究可以扩大对不同地区最适合的特定环境发展的理解。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环境变化之间的动态关系来实现。还将在加纳开展实地工作，包括与政府人员和社区当地人进行访谈和重点小组讨论。这一阶段对于丰富定量结果和理解当地环境至关重要。

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.