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The Impact of Modern Economic Growth on Urban–Rural Differences in Subjective Well-Being

World Development, 2011

At low levels of economic development there are substantial gaps favoring urban over rural areas in income, education, and occupational structure, and consequently a large excess of urban over rural life satisfaction, despite important urban problems of pollution, congestion, and the like. At more advanced development levels, these economic differentials tend to disappear, and rural areas approach or exceed urban in life satisfaction. Both across-country and within-country regression analyses of 2005-08 data from the Gallup World Poll support these conclusions.

Exploring Urban–Rural Paradox: Does Going Rural Mean Higher Life Satisfaction?

Italian Economic Journal, 2023

A stylised fact in regional and urban studies of life satisfaction in developed countries is that people living in cities report being less satisfied than those in rural areas. Building upon the theoretical framework of Sen's capability approach, along with research on life satisfaction and amenities, this paper examines the role of amenity availability and accessibility, as well as social relations, in shaping life satisfaction. Using data from the 2013-2018 household survey conducted by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) in Italian regions at the NUTS2 level, this study explores the role of availability and accessibility of amenities and social relations on urban-rural life satisfaction. Results suggest that the likelihood of having higher life satisfaction is associated with living in wealthier rural places where higher-ranked cities exert accessibility and positive externalities in line with the borrowed size concept by Alonso (Daedalus 102(4):191-206, 1973).

Cities, the Urban Green Environment, and Individual Subjective Well-Being: The Case of Milan, Italy

is paper evaluates the independent e ect of the spatial proximity of green urban areas upon the individual subjective well-being of the Milan population (Italy). e methodology is based on a survey undertaken in using a sample of , of Milan citizens. Univariate and multivariate analyses and GIS localization have been employed in order to rank the major individual well-being determinants and the relationship between citizens and urban green areas. Results show that the residential proximity of citizens to urban green areas seems to have little bearing on individual subjective well-being.

Livability and Subjective Well-Being Across European Cities

Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2018

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A Review: Urbanization and Life Satisfaction

With urbanization, the burden to earn more and live rich is mounting and the ability to reach their own /societal expectations lead to pressure that may lead to varied degree of satisfaction in life. Life satisfaction is a subjective assessment of the quality of one‟s life. The present study tends to find the criteria that influence life satisfaction of the people in modern world. The following objectives were set to achieve the stated aim (a) To understand life-satisfaction (b) To find determinants of life satisfaction (c) Who are more satisfied with life. The study was conducted through desk research method. Attempts have been made to draw inferences from various researches and reports. The view of multi-angled literatures has been incorporated as felt fit to the context. The results interpreted are that education, increase of income, being married, family size (number of children), good health, connection with community, religious attitude are some important happiness drivers and has positive impact on life satisfaction.

Urban–Rural Differences in Quality of Life across the European Union

Regional Studies, 2009

This paper analyses the European Quality of Life Survey 2003, to explore urban-rural differences in income, deprivation, and other life domains. The main conclusion is that the richest countries in the EU show little evidence of significant urban-rural differences, whereas, in the poorer countries of the east and south, rural areas have a much lower level of perceived welfare and quality of life, particularly in the candidate countries. Despite this, subjective well-being is not significantly different, and this paradox is explored through multi-level modelling. The paper concludes by considering the policy implications for rural policy, urban policy and cohesion policy.

Subjective Wellbeing and Happiness Inside a City Region

2012

Empirical happiness study has become an acknowledged part of welfare studies but its connections to geographical analysis are rare. This study is trying to contribute to this void by embedding empirical happiness study into analysis operating within a certain city region. Aim of the study was to acquire knowledge about personal values and preconditions happiness is based on. Furthermore, moving into certain community and the desired characteristics of a neighbourhood contributing happiness, were defined to represent these values as well Instrumentalization of the concepts “happiness” and “subjective wellbeing” was constructed as a synthesis composing from Erik Allardts "loving", "having" and "being", Ed Dieners subjective wellbeing SWB and Aristotelian virtue of ethics. These components were transformed into an internet based questionnaire which was delivered to the residents of the neighbourhoods to be studied. As a research framework for comparative c...