needs

#concept #alchemy #design #🌱

  1. manfred max-neef on fundamental human needs

  2. doyal and gough on a theory of human need (see also: semantic scholar's page)

douglas nuttall comments on it:

And I would add to what those authors have said:

People will automatically seek to meet their needs unless they are obstructed from doing so.

People meet needs through actions

Meeting needs prevents the degradation of the individual, family, or community

Unmet needs produce symptoms

A universal symptom of unmet needs is chronic stress

A proxy measure for Quality of Life can be taken as the time available after needs are met - eg, the time available to meet wants. 2 values can be calculated to bracket the range - how much time is available for meeting wants, and how much time would be available if all needs were met.

  1. richard barrett's barrett model

see also: offers and needs market by post-growth institute.