Wellbeing

Louise Reardon

A chapter in Elgar Encyclopedia of Transport and Society, 2025, pp 454-455 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: There are multiple ways of conceptualising wellbeing, underpinned by different philosophical traditions. A primary focus of transport research has been on wellbeing understood within the preference-satisfaction paradigm. It is only since the late 2000s, that there have been explicit attempts to understand the links between transport and ‘wellbeing’. Such a focus can enable a richer understanding of the effect of transport on people's lives. However, an overemphasis on hedonistic approaches to wellbeing risks creating oversimplified accounts of human behaviour, which strip away the importance of context and social practices for determining the implications of transport on wellbeing.

Keywords: Wellbeing; Happiness; Preferences; Eudaemonia; Satisfaction; Quality of life (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035330515
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