The perception of air pollution and noise in urban environments: A subjective indicator across European countries

Chiarini, Bruno; D’Agostino, Antonella; Marzano, Elisabetta; Regoli, Andrea

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110272

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“…The existing literature indicates that perceived subjective environmental pollution is not only affected by objective environmental pollution [30][31][32][33] but also by sociodemographic characteristics [32,34,35] and psychological factors [32,36]. Those declaring themselves unhappy generally tend to have more negative evaluation on perceived environmental pollution [31]. Based on those, we infer that subjective well-being possibly impacts the relationship between income inequality and subjective environmental pollution.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…The studies in the literature on the nexus between individual income inequality and subjective environmental quality are relatively scare. In addition, existing papers mainly provided the experiences on the effect of income inequality on subjective environmental quality in European countries [31]. As such, this study fills the academic gap and contributes to the literature by quantitatively exploring, for the first time, the effect and mechanism of individual income inequality on subjective environmental pollution on the basis of China's individual-level data.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…They found that the rich households emitted more CO 2 both directly and indirectly than the poor households, and they thought that income redistribution from the rich to the poor would lead to the decline of income inequality and CO 2 emission in tandem. Hence, Chiarini et al, (2020) [31] referred to Jorgenson et al, (2017) [46] and used MPE to explain the relation between income inequality and perceived subjective environmental pollution. They found that a negative correlation existed between income inequality measured by the Gini index and perceived environmental quality in European countries.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The impacts of income inequality on socioeconomic outcomes have a negative effect on social welfare [24] and reduce the happiness and life satisfaction of residents [19,[25][26][27], which results in the decline of subjective well-being [28,29]. The existing literature indicates that perceived subjective environmental pollution is not only affected by objective environmental pollution [30][31][32][33] but also by sociodemographic characteristics [32,34,35] and psychological factors [32,36]. Those declaring themselves unhappy generally tend to have more negative evaluation on perceived environmental pollution [31].…”

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The Impact of Income Inequality on Subjective Environmental Pollution: Individual Evidence from China

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Numerous studies have investigated the relationship between income inequality and objective environmental pollution, but few focus on the nexus between income inequality and subjective environmental pollution (SEP). Using micro data from the Chinese General Society Survey (CGSS) in 2013 and official statistical data at the provincial level, this paper tests the impact of individual-level income inequality on subjective environmental pollution in China. The results show that individual-level income inequality has an inverted U-shape relationship with subjective environmental pollution, which indicates that increasing the income inequality at the individual level will first rise and then reduce their perceived subjective environmental pollution after reaching the peak. For about 84% of respondents, their subjective environmental pollution decreases with the increase of individual-level income inequality. Furthermore, the heterogeneity analyses show that the income inequality of urban residents and of the locals have an inverted U-shape effect on SEP, and the SEP of females and of individuals with positive environmental attitude are more sensitive to the effect of income inequality. Additionally, we find that subjective well-being plays a mediating role in the relation between income inequality and SEP. Individual income inequality decreases their self-reported well-being, and an increase in well-being has a negative effect on their subjectively perceived environmental quality. We also find non-television media exposures, such as newspaper, magazine, broadcasting, Internet, and mobile custom messages, will amplify the effect of individual-level income inequality on subjective environmental pollution.

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“…Subjective perceptions can be used in conjunction with unbiased indicators [29][30][31][32][33] to obtain thorough data and understanding of the standard of urban environments. Purposefully becoming involved with intricate sustainability challenges necessitates systemic changes.…”

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Assessing Sustainability Behavior and Environmental Performance of Urban Systems: A Systematic Review

Pera

2020

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In this systematic review, I cumulate previous research findings indicating that sustainable urbanism and networked public governance can be instrumental in carrying out extensive sustainability and resilience objectives through steering urban transformations in the direction of sustainability and resilience. Urban analytics data infrastructure, multicriteria sustainability evaluation, and sustainable performance assessment display the intricate network dynamics operational within cities, impacting urban resilience decision-making processes and leading to equitable and sustainable urban development. Throughout July 2020, I conducted a quantitative literature review of the Web of Science, Scopus, and ProQuest databases, search terms including “sustainable urban planning,” “urban sustainability assessment,” “sustainable urban governance/urban sustainability governance,” “sustainable urban development,” “sustainable/sustainability behavior,” and “environmental performance.” As I focused on research published exclusively in the past two years, only 301 various types of articles met the eligibility criteria. By removing those whose results were inconclusive, unconfirmed by replication, or too general, and because of space constraints, I selected 153, mainly empirical, sources. Future research should investigate whether the assessment of environmental sustainability performance of heterogeneous urban configurations by shared sustainability policymaking through spatial green infrastructure planning and regulations articulate sustainable urban design and governance for the development of innovative performance.

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Disasters as opportunities for enhancing sustainability values: Disaster experience and environmental awareness in rural China

Wang

2023

Sustainable Development

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This study evaluates whether people in general alter their perception of environmental pollution after disasters and the extent to which individual and contextual characteristics moderate this relationship. Results of multilevel regression analyses of data from rural China indicate that the experience of disasters heightens awareness of environmental pollution in local communities, net of various individual‐level and community‐level factors. Additionally, well‐maintained social relationships between villagers attenuate the impact of disasters and make people less aware of environmental pollution, and environmental degradation in the village enhances the impact and increases people's environmental awareness. Furthermore, the impact is not significantly different between residents in villages of different economic levels, and between residents of different levels of socioeconomic status. The results highlight the potential for promoting sustainability after experiencing disruptive shocks and stressors triggered by disasters, and demonstrate that it is crucial to understand environmental awareness as a dynamic process in changing local contexts.

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The perception of air pollution and noise in urban environments: A subjective indicator across European countries

Cited by 42 publications

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The Impact of Income Inequality on Subjective Environmental Pollution: Individual Evidence from China

The Impact of Income Inequality on Subjective Environmental Pollution: Individual Evidence from China

Assessing Sustainability Behavior and Environmental Performance of Urban Systems: A Systematic Review

Disasters as opportunities for enhancing sustainability values: Disaster experience and environmental awareness in rural China

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