Évaluer les déterminants du bien-être sur un territoire. Illustration à travers le cas d’une commune rhônalpine

Lise Bourdeau-Lepage (), Pauline Texier and Hugo Carré

Revue d'économie régionale et urbaine, 2018, vol. Octobre, issue 4, 775-803

Abstract: This paper follows on from other works on the theme of well-being, combining characteristics of the utilitarian and capability approaches, while placing emphasis on the spatial dimension. It proposes to develop and test a method that makes it possible to: (1) identify factors that potentially contribute to a territory?s well-being; and (2) use individuals? reported preferences to determine those territories where their levels of well-being would be the highest or the lowest. After presenting the method developed (involving a set of illustrated cards and a multiple-criteria decision-making process), this method was applied to an isolated rural community in central France. Natural amenities and accessibility to services stood out as the primary components of respondents? well-being, with certain settlements on the edges of urban areas ? along transport routes and in the Loire plain (between Saint-Étienne and Roanne) ? emerging as the places where their well-being would be highest.

Keywords: determinants of well-being; multi-criteria decision-making methods; rural area; subjective well-being; Classification JEL; : 131; 130; 139; R23; B41. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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