How does neighborhood design affect life satisfaction? Evidence from Twin Cities

Cao, Xinyu

doi:10.1016/j.tbs.2015.07.001

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“…This suggests that people living in higher density neighborhoods report higher levels of SWB than those living in lower density ones. This is contrary to a recent study (Cao, 2016) who found a small but negative association between density and SWB. As discussed above, density can have both negative and positive impacts on health and well-being.…”

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Transport disadvantage, social exclusion, and subjective well-being: The role of the neighborhood environment—evidence from Sydney, Australia

Kent

Mulley

2018

JTLU

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This study explores the effects of the neighborhood environment on transport disadvantage, social exclusion, personal health and subjective well-being (SWB) using survey data collected in Sydney, Australia. The data is analyzed using structural equation modelling (SEM). Overall, our model supports the hypothesis that a walkable neighborhood environment helps to reduce transport disadvantage and increase social inclusion. Neighborhood density has negative effects on both physical and mental health, but a positive effect on SWB. Further, a cohesive neighborhood environment is associated with less transport disadvantage, more engagement in political and civic activities, more social help, better mental health and higher SWB. By contrast, perception of crime in a neighborhood is associated with more transport disadvantage and worse physical health. Neighborhood aesthetics and the neighborhood social environment have stronger effects on SWB than other neighborhood environment characteristics.

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Transport disadvantage, social exclusion, and subjective well-being: The role of the neighborhood environment—evidence from Sydney, Australia

Kent

Mulley

2018

JTLU

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“…Hur, Nasa,r and Chun [39] claimed that building density and vegetation rate are two salient attributes to affect satisfaction. Cao [42] pointed out that density, diversity, design, and environmental amenities are key measures of residential neighborhoods. Kaplan [43] indicated that the presence of various forms of natural elements has positive effects on neighborhood satisfaction.…”

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“…The ethnic Manchu is underrepresented although the percentage ranking of different ethnic groups is similar to the 2015 census. However, since ample diversity of categories is guaranteed in all items, the effects they have on overall satisfaction could be properly captured and the difference with the census is not a problem [42]. Although in terms of univariate distributions, this sample is not perfectly representative, the relationships among the research variables (residents' perception and satisfaction) captured by the model are generalizable [72].…”

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Collaborating with Local Communities to Identify Improvement Priorities for Historic Urban Landscape Based on Residents’ Satisfaction: An Application of Asymmetric Impact-Performance Analysis in Dandong, China

Xian

Shao

2020

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In the process of urbanization and globalization, urban conservation reinforces the links among past, present, and future, which enhances local identity and is indispensable for urban sustainability. The concept of Historic Urban Landscape (HUL), as both a notion and an approach, has been playing an increasingly important role in urban conservation discourse. Prioritizing actions is one of the pivotal procedures to perform the HUL approach. Instead of simply focusing on values selected and graded by experts, more attention should be paid to local residents' satisfaction. A collaborative approach involving communities to prioritize actions in urban conservation and regeneration is proposed. Using the data from residents in the old town of Dandong, China, this study pioneers the application of the Asymmetric Impact-Performance Analysis (AIPA) technique in the urban conservation field. HUL attributes are categorized into basic factors, excitement factors, and performance factors based on their potential asymmetric impact on residents' satisfaction. By taking performance levels of the attributes into consideration, this study further identifies improvement priorities for HUL, which helps planners and city managers to make rational choices in managing historic cities.As the link between history and present, urban heritage is an integral component of local identity. Urban heritages together with the memories and associations inherent in them are the evidence that addresses how urban landscape has been continuously shaped and changed [4]. Both tangible and intangible urban heritage are precious and have the potential to be drivers of social cohesion and urban regeneration [5].Urban conservation has been a focus in urban planning, architecture, and other related fields since it was developed after the French Revolution [2]. Along with the evolution of this idea, the motivations for conservation have been changing over time. Urban conservation has gone through "Antiquarian Bias", "Commemorative Bias", and "Aesthetic Bias" in both academia and practice during the past three centuries, while a new bias is emerging in the 21st century which focuses on the relationships between different things, as well as between things and people, rather than things themselves [6]. This current trend is to see the human environment as a cultural landscape with an intention to manage it within the landscape discourse, which is called "Ecological Bias". From this holistic view, urban conservation and urban development are no longer incompatible with each other, since their joint aim is to enhance the human environment and allow communities to prosper. It has become increasingly clear that urban conservation is a key resource and an indispensable part of urban sustainability [7].The culmination of this new trend came in 2011 when Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape was declared [1] and commonly accepted. The concept of Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) was first set out at a UNESCO conference in Vienna in 2005 [8], thus HUL, as a new a...

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“…In addition to the issue of housing, recent studies suggest that neighborhood relationships bring benefits to the elderly, which include physiological and psychological improvements, subjective well-being and quality of life, as well as stress reduction (Cao, 2016). Regarding the increase in the quality of life, Sugiyama and Thompson (2007) identified three types of involvement with neighborhood environments: (1) participation in diversified activities in external settings; (2) exposure to natural elements and outdoor activities; and (3) social interactions with peers.…”

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Adapting to environments is paramount for strengthening the well-being and quality of life. Personenvironment studies seeks, among other interests, to deepen the understanding of how to build greater congruence between individual needs and the characteristics of the physical environment to reduce pressure levels and environmental stress resulting from these adaptations. From the 1970s, this human-environmental reciprocity was explored by Lawton and colleagues in the institutional context. The theoretical pressure-competence model and the ageing-in-place concept are seen as contributions to enrich the dialogue between scholars, focusing on the human-environment congruence related to individual characteristics and environmental resources. Therefore, enhancing the role and actions of the elderly in the use of public spaces and enabling them to be included in the city planning, is to improve the active and relevant character of their achievements, favoring the emergence of new horizons.

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How does neighborhood design affect life satisfaction? Evidence from Twin Cities

Cited by 191 publications

References 35 publications

Transport disadvantage, social exclusion, and subjective well-being: The role of the neighborhood environment—evidence from Sydney, Australia

Transport disadvantage, social exclusion, and subjective well-being: The role of the neighborhood environment—evidence from Sydney, Australia

Collaborating with Local Communities to Identify Improvement Priorities for Historic Urban Landscape Based on Residents’ Satisfaction: An Application of Asymmetric Impact-Performance Analysis in Dandong, China

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