In light of the rapid global urbanization, providing a better quality of life in cities is becoming
an increasingly critical issue for urban planning. However, the links between the built …

Understanding the role of the built environment in subjective well-being (SWB) can provide
important input to urban planning debates on synergies and conflicts between …

Well-being has recently been a focus for both social policies and academic studies. Along
different dimensions (eg, objective vs. subjective; hedonic vs. eudaimonic) of well-being, the …

Measuring and analysing the factors that affect the quality of life (QoL) in cities and regions
has long been the subject of theoretical and empirical work in a wide range of fields. More …

This study investigated aspects of urban quality of life in European cities. To this end, the
Flash Eurobarometer 366: Quality of life in European cities was used. The survey provides …

How do emotions like happiness, pain, stress, sadness and fatigue vary during travel and by
travel mode? Understanding the relationship between how we travel and how we feel offers …

The aim of this chapter is to draw on the Gallup World Poll to examine urban-rural happiness
differentials across the world. 1 We begin with a general description of urban-rural …

China has witnessed a surge of rural-urban migrants over the past three decades. Although
a plethora of literature has shed light on the low quality of migrants' lives, little research has …

Against the background of increased interest in subjectively experienced well-being in
economics, psychology, and the social sciences, this article analyzes how such well-being is …

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent
chapters of this book. The book explores the relationships between wellbeing and place in …