LISADEMAS: A Life Satisfaction Decision-Making System for Integrated Community Development Planning

Abstract

In this chapter we present a life satisfaction decision making system to support integrated development policy, which is based on new approaches and methods in research and planning for development. First, it involves the synthesis of theories of Community Well-Being (CWB) and Worth Living Integrated Development (WID). Without a theory, the practice has no strength and research studies are likely to be highly descriptive with limited explanatory claims. Second, the specific characteristics of local reality are explored to ensure that the proposed actions are appropriate for the needs they seek to address. Besides, the role of planning, as Frieddman claimed, aims to make retrospective connection of knowledge with action or, even simpler, to support scientifically documented general policies. Third, participatory research methods are used to allow community members to have their say on the development issues and on how research is conducted. Fourth, the integration challenge is adopted as the imperative to produce a whole through integration that is greater than the sum of the individual qualitative and quantitative parts. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)