How does growing city size affect residents' happiness in urban China? A case study of the Bohai rim area
How does growing city size affect residents' happiness in urban China? A case study of the Bohai rim area
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不断扩大的城市规模如何影响中国城市居民的幸福感？
DOI：
10.1016/j.habitatint.2020.102120
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发表时间：
2020-03-01
影响因子：
6.8
通讯作者：
Zhan, Dongsheng
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作者：
Dang, Yunxiao;Chen, Li;Zhan, Dongsheng
在中国，快速而广泛的城市化既带来了城市群的好处，也带来了各种城市问题，两者都影响着居民的幸福感。以往的研究强调了城市规模的扩大对幸福感的直接影响，很少有人通过发展中国家的主观评价来探讨城市规模对幸福感的间接影响。基于2014年在环渤海地区44个城市进行的广泛问卷调查，本文构建了一个理论框架，运用主观测量方法探讨了中国城市规模对居民幸福感的直接和间接影响。城市规模与幸福感呈非线性相关。个人对城市生活和收入的满意度在城市客观属性与幸福感之间起中介作用。房价对城市满意度有正向影响，雾霾污染和交通拥堵对城市满意度有负向影响。收入对个人幸福感有积极影响。但市级平均工资与幸福感关系不大。这些发现为深入改善快速城市化下的公民生活质量和设计发展中国家的城市建设提供了见解。
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.