Culture, Quality of Life, Globalization and Beyond

Rapid economic globalization has dramatically altered business paradigms and government policies with unprecedented effects on societies and cultures, ecosystems and health, justice and equality. Such occurrences precipitated a search for new economic, cultural, and political options in the face of conflicting world views and increasing identity assertion. Research studies focus on the rich diversity and plurality of the world and work for sustainable alternatives. This address aims to examine the role that has been done through environment-behavior researches in enhancing quality of life. The purpose is to sort out and situate the main achievements and to suggest the move onward.