Public Greenspace and Life Satisfaction in Urban Australia
By C. Ambrey, Christopher M. Fleming. 2014
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This paper examines the influence of public greenspace on the life satisfaction of residents of Australia’s capital cities. A positive relationship is found between the percentage of public greenspace in a resident’s local area and their self-reported life satisfaction, on average corresponding to an implicit willingness-to-pay of $1172 in annual household income for a 1 per cent (143 square metres) increase in public greenspace. Additional results suggest that the value of greenspace increases with population density and that lone parents and the less educated benefit to a greater extent from the provision of public greenspace than the general population. In all, these results support existing evidence that public greenspace is welfare enhancing for urban residents and adequate allowance should be made for its provision when planning urban areas.
Subfields: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Plant Science, Sociology and Political Science
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- The subjective wellbeing of migrants in Guangzhou, China: The impacts of the social and physical environment (2017, background): “…and urban geographers have paid increasing attention to the effects of environmental stressors and residential amenities on mental wellbeing (Ambrey & Fleming, 2013; Berry & Okulicz-Kozaryn, 2011; Ellaway, Macintyre, & Kearns, 2001; Macintyre, Ellaway, & Cummins, 2002; Morrison, 2011; Van…”
- Does satisfactory neighbourhood environment lead to a satisfying life? An investigation of the association between neighbourhood environment and life satisfaction in Beijing (2017, unknown): “Ambrey and Fleming (2014) find that access to green space contributes to life satisfaction in Australian cities.”
- How does neighborhood design affect life satisfaction? Evidence from Twin Cities (2016, background): “Ambrey and Fleming (2014) explore the effect of public greenspace on life satisfaction of individuals living in Australia’s capital cities and conclude a positive relationship between them.”