A framework for agent-based models of human needs and ecological limits
Foramitti, Joël (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)

Date:	2023
Abstract:	The social and ecological challenges of our time require a better understanding of the complex interactions between the multiple dimensions of human well-being and environmental impacts. This article introduces the Needs and Limits (N&L) framework, a theoretical and computational foundation for agent-based simulations of heterogeneous individuals who try to increase their quality of life through the satisfaction of human needs. Based on psychological research, human needs are described as satiable, adaptive, and interdependent with the social and bio-physical environment. The N&L framework represents a generic foundation that can be applied to a broad range of socio-economic and ecological scenarios. A comparison is provided with classical utility approaches. The framework is illustrated for the topics of income inequality and climate policy.
Grants:	European Commission 741087
Note:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M
Note:	Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Agent-based modeling ; Bio-physical constraints ; Human needs ; Quality of life ; Social simulation ; SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities ; SDG 13 - Climate Action
Published in:	Ecological economics, Vol. 204, Num. Part A (February 2023) , art. 107651, ISSN 0921-8009

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107651

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