Wow! eBook
Wellbeing, Values and Lifestyles:Towards a New Development Paradigm
by: Sachin Chaturvedi (Editor), K. Seeta Prabhu (Editor), Sabyasachi Saha (Editor)
Publisher: Springer
Edition: 2025th
Publication Date: 2025-06-01
Language: English
Print Length: 332 pages
ISBN-10: 9819747295
ISBN-13: 9789819747290
Book Description
This open access book with contributions by leading global experts from diverse specialization defines a new development paradigm built on Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE). The volume outlines the contours of LiFE across five facets namely ethics and value system; sustainable consumption and production; modalities of systemic transformation; financing for resilient infrastructure, cities and societies; and wellbeing measurement going beyond GDP. The book prepared as part of the Think 20 (T20) India Task Force 3 on “LiFE, Resilience and Values for Wellbeing” presents deep insights on socio-economic transformation and ecological balance from a multi-disciplinary perspective. It highlights the importance of normative frameworks in economic thinking, equitable access to finance and technology, role of social enterprises, and imperatives for measuring wellbeing. The book is a must-have resource for political leadership, legislators, policy makers, diplomats, and international organizations in addition to the academic community.
Editorial Reviews
This open access book with contributions by leading global experts from diverse specialization defines a new development paradigm built on Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE). The volume outlines the contours of LiFE across five facets namely ethics and value system; sustainable consumption and production; modalities of systemic transformation; financing for resilient infrastructure, cities and societies; and wellbeing measurement going beyond GDP. The book prepared as part of the Think 20 (T20) India Task Force 3 on “LiFE, Resilience and Values for Wellbeing” presents deep insights on socio-economic transformation and ecological balance from a multi-disciplinary perspective. It highlights the importance of normative frameworks in economic thinking, equitable access to finance and technology, role of social enterprises, and imperatives for measuring wellbeing. The book is a must-have resource for political leadership, legislators, policy makers, diplomats, and international organizations in addition to the academic community.
