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An updated paper on the topic of wellbeing and happiness in Scotland in 2010. It features an online survey completed by Forward Scotland subscribers on wellbeing from January 2010.
This paper describes Scotland as a happy place with good levels of self-reported well-being.� The most rural places reported the highest levels of satisaction through a pilot study. The paper goes further to describe 6 domains, with 3 tiers creating 18 key indicator areas of self reported well-being taking account of economic, environmental and social experiences. It challenges the propostion that economic growth is the best measure of society's progress it seeks to present a case for a qualitative measure of well-being as its successor.

This paper was presented at the Royal Geographic Society in London on the 27th August 2008.
Following on from the work that Forward Scotland undertook last year on happiness and wellbeing we are pleased in partnership with the Scottish Council Foundation to release our latest piece of research. This research discusses and proposes a a basket of subjective indicators which could be used as an alternative to GDP.
A piece of research including Forward Scotland's well-being survey, presented at the SDRC annual conference 2007.

Submitted as part of the 'Vital City' conference this paper looks at how�the environment in which you live (urban or rural) affects well-being.

Billions are spent by the NHS in Scotland to improve health so why are we so unhealthy?� Government at a local and national level appears hindered by a narrow focus on treating incidences of ill-health and rather the causes, particularly the deep and underlying root causes.� It is time for governments to focus more on the determinants of good health.�� The paper discusses the proposition that the pursuit of sustainable development will provide the conditions that are conducive to better public health.
As a nation we enjoy a quality of environment that is among the highest in the world, unemployment is low and measures such as GDP per capita place us among the worlds' leading nations. But how well are we really doing? Are we doing that well? Isn't it time for governments to focus more on the determinants of well-being, something that is more than a sum of traditional measurement.��This paper explores the relationship between the pursuit of sustainable development and well-being.�The paper seeks to determine what is understood by well-being in relation to sustainable development. The paper concludes with observations as to how the advancement of well-being can contribute to the culture that is needed to drive sustainable development in Scotland.