Livability and Subjective Well-Being Across European Cities
| Autor: | Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, Rubia R. Valente |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Sociological theory
Index (economics) media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology Malaise Quality of life 0502 economics and business medicine Happiness 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Paradise Social science medicine.symptom Subjective well-being Life-span and Life-course Studies 050203 business & management media_common Quality of Life Research |
| Zdroj: | Applied Research in Quality of Life. 14:197-220 |
| ISSN: | 1871-2576 1871-2584 |
| Popis: | This study documents for the first time the correlation between livability and subjective well-being (SWB) across European cities. Livability is measured with the popular Mercer Quality of Living Survey and correlates considerably with SWB, measured as place and life satisfactions. There are outliers, for instance: the “unlivable” but “happy” Belfast (fool’s paradise) and the “livable,” but “unhappy” Paris (fool’s hell). In addition, we find geographic patterns: while the Mercer index ranks higher Western cities, subjective well-being is higher in Northern cities. Smaller cities score higher on both livability and SWB, confirming thus the urban sociological theory of urban malaise while contradicting urban economic theory of city triumph. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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