How does growing city size affect residents' happiness in urban China? A case study of the Bohai rim area

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2020.102120

	How does growing city size affect residents' happiness in urban China? A case study of the Bohai rim area
	Dang, Yunxiao 1; Chen, Li 2; Zhang, Wenzhong 3; Zheng, Dan 4; Zhan, Dongsheng 5
刊名	HABITAT INTERNATIONAL
	2020-03-01
卷号	97 页码:9
关键词	City size Happiness Satisfaction Income Bohai rim area China
ISSN号	0197-3975
DOI	10.1016/j.habitatint.2020.102120
通讯作者	Chen, Li(chenlicas@foxmail.com)
英文摘要	In China, rapid and extensive urbanization has brought not only benefits due to urban agglomeration but also various urban problems; both affect residents' happiness. Previous studies have emphasized the direct impacts of growing city size on happiness, and few have addressed the indirect effects of city size on happiness through subjective evaluations in developing countries. Based on an extensive questionnaire survey conducted in 44 cities in the Bohai rim area in 2014, this paper establishes a theoretical framework to explore both the direct and indirect effects of city size on residents' happiness by applying subjective measurements in urban China. City size is found to have a nonlinear correlation with happiness. Individual satisfaction with both urban life and income mediate the relationship between urban objective attributes and happiness. House price has a positive impact on urban satisfaction, while the influences of haze pollution and traffic congestion are negative. Income positively affects happiness at the individual level. However, the city-level average wage has little relationship with happiness. These findings provide insights for deeply improving citizens' quality of life under rapid urbanization and designing urban construction in developing countries.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41701184] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41601160] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41871170]
WOS关键词	LIFE SATISFACTION ; INCOME ; ENVIRONMENT ; CITIES ; INEQUALITY ; WELFARE ; SPRAWL
WOS研究方向	Development Studies ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Public Administration ; Urban Studies
语种	英语
出版者	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000527989400002
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/159864]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Chen, Li
作者单位	1.Zhejiang Univ Finance & Econ, Land & Urban Rural Dev Res Inst, Hangzhou 310018, Peoples R China 2.Beijing Union Univ, Coll Appl Arts & Sci, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 4.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China 5.Zhejiang Univ Technol, Coll Econ & Management, Hangzhou 310023, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Dang, Yunxiao,Chen, Li,Zhang, Wenzhong,et al. How does growing city size affect residents' happiness in urban China? A case study of the Bohai rim area[J]. HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,2020,97:9.
APA	Dang, Yunxiao,Chen, Li,Zhang, Wenzhong,Zheng, Dan,&Zhan, Dongsheng.(2020).How does growing city size affect residents' happiness in urban China? A case study of the Bohai rim area.HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,97,9.
MLA	Dang, Yunxiao,et al."How does growing city size affect residents' happiness in urban China? A case study of the Bohai rim area".HABITAT INTERNATIONAL 97(2020):9.