Spatial nature of urban well-being
| Autor: | Seppo Junnila, Perttu Saarsalmi, Jukka Heinonen, Sanna Ala-Mantila |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Umhverfis- og byggingarverkfræðideild (HÍ), Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering (UI), Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland, Department of Built Environment, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Quality of life Economic growth inequality Inequality Living environment media_common.quotation_subject Happiness 0211 other engineering and technologies urbanization 02 engineering and technology Quality of life (healthcare) Hamingja Urbanization 0502 economics and business Development economics cities Þéttbýlismyndun happiness 050207 economics Subjective well-being Cities Borgir General Environmental Science media_common 05 social sciences General Social Sciences 021107 urban & regional planning quality of life subjective well-being Well-being Psychology |
| Popis: | Publisher's version (útgefin grein) The evidence for connections between subjective well-being and spatial factors remains inconclusive, especially with respect to the immediate living environment. To fill this gap, this paper explores the relationship between individual-level subjective well-being and spatial variables in urban areas. This resolution is achieved by utilizing finely divided geographical information system (GIS)-based neighbourhood data, and controlling for objective and subjective spatial characteristics, as well as socio-spatial factors. The results suggest that subjective well-being has some spatial nature, but the direction of these relationships is highly dependent on the subjective well-being measure used. For example, central pedestrian zones flourish in terms of quality of life, whereas the highest happiness is reported in car-oriented zones. Overall, subjective spatial characteristics are more important for well-being than objective ones. This work was supported by Tekes, the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation [grant number 3000/31/2015]. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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