Urban green space, public health, and environmental justice: The challenge of making cities 'just green enough'

JR Wolch, J Byrne, JP Newell - Landscape and urban planning, 2014 - Elsevier
Urban green space, such as parks, forests, green roofs, streams, and community gardens,
provides critical ecosystem services. Green space also promotes physical activity …

Air pollution: A systematic review of its psychological, economic, and social effects

JG Lu - Current opinion in psychology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•This review (178 published articles) systematically examines the psychological,
economic, and social effects of air pollution.•It is important to distinguish between the effects …

How does low-carbon energy transition alleviate energy poverty in China? A nonparametric panel causality analysis

K Dong, X Ren, J Zhao - Energy Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
Low-carbon energy transition is conducive to saving energy and reducing emissions, and its
impact on energy poverty warrants intensive attention. By employing a balanced panel …

Air pollution lowers Chinese urbanites' expressed happiness on social media

S Zheng, J Wang, C Sun, X Zhang, ME Kahn - Nature human behaviour, 2019 - nature.com
High levels of air pollution in China may contribute to the urban population's reported low
level of happiness,–. To test this claim, we have constructed a daily city-level expressed …

CO2 emissions, electricity consumption and output in ASEAN

HH Lean, R Smyth - Applied energy, 2010 - Elsevier
This study examines the causal relationship between carbon dioxide emissions, electricity
consumption and economic growth within a panel vector error correction model for five …

The role of urban green space for human well-being

C Bertram, K Rehdanz - Ecological economics, 2015 - Elsevier
Most people in Europe live in urban environments. For these people, urban green space is
an important element of well-being, but it is often in short supply. We use self-reported …

The greener, the happier? The effect of urban land use on residential well-being

C Krekel, J Kolbe, H Wüstemann - Ecological economics, 2016 - Elsevier
We investigate the effect of urban land use on residential well-being in major German cities,
using panel data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and cross-section data from the …

Internet use encourages pro-environmental behavior: Evidence from China

X Gong, J Zhang, H Zhang, M Cheng, F Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Sustainable economic development relies on policies that encourage pro-environmental
behavior. Using data from the Chinese General Social Survey, this study investigates the …

Life satisfaction and air quality in Europe

S Ferreira, A Akay, F Brereton, J Cuñado… - Ecological …, 2013 - Elsevier
Concerns for environmental quality and its impact on people's welfare are fundamental
arguments for the adoption of environmental legislation in most countries. In this paper, we …

Relating ecoystem services to domains of human well-being: Foundation for a US index

LM Smith, JL Case, HM Smith, LC Harwell… - Ecological …, 2013 - Elsevier
Humans are dependent upon the services provided by nature, and unless we effectively
account for the range of values from ecosystems in our efforts to protect the environment, we …