Human behaviour and adequacy of satisfiers in the light of sustainable development

Walter, Arthur (2012): Human behaviour and adequacy of satisfiers in the light of sustainable development.

Abstract

The paper discusses the possibility of behavioural change in accordance with the objectives of sustainable development considering the human behaviour through the needs. Using the concepts of fundamental human needs and satisfiers of Manfred Max-Neef, the attempt was made to determine the adequacy test of a satisfier as a key point of this approach when researching the human behaviour. The paper offers the definition of an adequate satisfier and as an illustration the analysis of a case of a family in Moldova. Finally, the attention is drawn to the necessity to intensify the joint efforts to form the sustainable behaviour and to the inadmissibility of the substitution or mix up of the key concepts at the application of this approach by the researchers.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Sustainable development; human behaviour; fundamental human needs; poverty; adequate satisfier; labour migration; Moldova
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I31 - General Welfare, Well-Being; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q0 - General > Q01 - Sustainable Development; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B0 - General > B00 - General; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R2 - Household Analysis > R23 - Regional Migration ; Regional Labor Markets ; Population ; Neighborhood Characteristics; A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 - General Economics > A13 - Relation of Economics to Social Values; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q56 - Environment and Development ; Environment and Trade ; Sustainability ; Environmental Accounts and Accounting ; Environmental Equity ; Population Growth; A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 - General Economics > A12 - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes; D - Microeconomics > D0 - General > D01 - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q58 - Government Policy

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