Der Beitrag zeigt zunächst auf, wie sich der Lebenslage-Ansatz entwickelt hat. Otto Neurath führt den Begriff der Lebenslage als Konzept zur Erfassung der Lebenssituation von Individuen ein. Kurt Grelling übernimmt den Begriff, interpretiert ihn dabei jedoch neu, so dass Gerhard Weisser die...

Being one of the leading paradigms for analyzing human well-being, the Capability Approach (CA) may serve as a frame of reference for job-satisfaction. The CA mainly argues for (1) complementing information on job-satisfaction by the more objective conception of "valuable work" to avoid biases...

Conceptual discussions on the impacts of ecosystem services (ESS) on human well-being have largely been boiled down to limits and applications of their monetisation. Therefore, in practice, the use of the ESS concept has been to a large extent boiled down to payment-for-ecosystem-services...

Community currencies and their contribution to a sustainable development have been quite widely discussed. In contrast, their potential to raise the personal quality of life of their members and users has been less noted. Combining these two strands, we argue that community currencies enhance an...