Effects of subjective and objective city evaluation on life satisfaction in Japan
Effects of subjective and objective city evaluation on life satisfaction in Japan
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120523
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发表时间：
2020-05
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
Hiroki Nakamura;Shunsuke Managi
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作者：
Hiroki Nakamura;Shunsuke Managi
考虑到政策影响，从可持续性的相关维度评估城市的发展过程和城市绩效已成为文献的重点。虽然组织和政府都认同评价城市绩效和可持续性的重要性，并利用评价来改善公民的生活环境，但这些评价所包含的指标各不相同，主观评价结果并不总是与客观评价一起考虑。公民主观满意度是评估城市的一个重要指标，因为改善城市绩效的努力最终会影响城市居民的舒适度。然而，客观城市评价指标与市民对城市绩效的满意度之间的关系是复杂的。本研究作者收集的大规模调查数据可以使用相同的评价因素计算日本的主观城市评价。本研究比较了日本城市主客观评价指标与平均生活满意度指标（5分制）在城市层面的分布格局。结果表明：主观城市评价指标与城市生活满意度的正相关程度高于客观城市评价指标，但客观城市评价指标的环境方面与主观城市评价指标呈负相关；此外，客观指标的经济方面与生活满意度指标呈负相关，具有统计学意义。这表明，客观的城市评价与主观的城市评价和生活满意度并不总是正相关的。
Assessing a city’s development processes and evaluating city performance in terms of relevant dimensions of sustainability has become a key focus of literature, given the policy implications. Although organizations and governments agree on the importance of evaluating performance and sustainability of cities and use evaluations to improve citizens’ living environments, indicators included in these evaluations vary, and subjective evaluation results have not always been considered along with objective evaluation. Subjective citizen satisfaction is an important metric in evaluating cities, as efforts to improve city performance ultimately impact the comfort of city inhabitants. However, the relationship between objective city evaluation indicators and citizen satisfaction with city performance is complex. Large-scale survey data, as collected by the authors of the present study, enable the calculation of subjective city evaluations in Japan using the same evaluation factors. In this study, the distribution patterns of subjective and objective city evaluation indicators with the average life satisfaction indicator (5-point scale) were compared at the municipality level in Japan. Results showed that although the subjective city evaluation indicator is more positively associated with the life satisfaction indicator at the city level than the objective city evaluation indicator, the environmental aspect of objective indicators is negatively associated with the subjective city evaluation indicator; additionally, economic aspects of objective indicators are negatively associated with life satisfaction indicators, with statistical significance. This reveals that objective city evaluation is not always positively related to subjective city evaluation and life satisfaction.