文献类型：期刊文献

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

作者：Dang, Yunxiao[1];Chen, Li[2];Zhang, Wenzhong[3];Zheng, Dan[4];Zhan, Dongsheng[5]

第一作者：Dang, Yunxiao

通讯作者：Chen, L[1]

机构：[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

第一机构：Zhejiang Univ Finance & Econ, Land & Urban Rural Dev Res Inst, Hangzhou 310018, Peoples R China

通讯机构：[1]corresponding author), Beijing Union Univ, Coll Appl Arts & Sci, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China.|[114172]北京联合大学应用文理学院;[11417]北京联合大学;

年份：2020

卷号：97

外文期刊名：HABITAT INTERNATIONAL

收录：;Scopus(收录号：2-s2.0-85078744551);WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:000527989400002)】；

基金：The paper is funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant numbers 41701184, 41601160 and 41871170].

语种：英文

外文关键词：City size; Happiness; Satisfaction; Income; Bohai rim area; China

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.