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Happiness, geography and the environment ☆
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In this paper, the authors employ data disaggregated at the individual and local level to show that consideration of amenities such as climate, environmental and urban conditions is critical when analyzing subjective well-being.About:
This article is published in Ecological Economics.The article was published on 2008-04-01. It has received 407 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Happiness & Subjective well-being.read more
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Bowling alone: The collapse and revival of American community
TL;DR: As an example of how the current "war on terrorism" could generate a durable civic renewal, Putnam points to the burst in civic practices that occurred during and after World War II, which he says "permanently marked" the generation that lived through it and had a "terrific effect on American public life over the last half-century."
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World happiness report
TL;DR: The report, published by the Earth Institute and co-edited by the institute's director, Jeffrey Sachs, reflects a new worldwide demand for more attention to happiness and absence of misery as criteria for government policy.
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Happiness is greater in natural environments
TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between momentary subjective wellbeing (SWB) and individuals' immediate environment within the UK was explored, finding that on average, participants are significantly happier outdoors in all green or natural habitat types than they are in urban environments.
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Travel and Subjective Well-Being: A Focus on Findings, Methods and Future Research Needs
TL;DR: In this article, the authors give an overview of studies concerning travel and well-being, focusing on results, methods and gaps in present research, and suggest that travel behaviour affects wellbeing through experiences during travel, activity participation enabled by travel, activities during (destination-oriented) travel, trips where travel is the activity and through potential travel (or motility).
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Outdoor blue spaces, human health and well-being: A systematic review of quantitative studies.
Mireia Gascon,Mireia Gascon,Wilma L. Zijlema,Wilma L. Zijlema,Cristina Vert,Cristina Vert,Mathew P. White,Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen,Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen +8 more
TL;DR: The balance of evidence suggested a positive association between greater exposure to outdoor blue spaces and both benefits to mental health and well-being and levels of physical activity, making synthesis difficult.
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Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
TL;DR: Putnam as mentioned in this paper showed that changes in work, family structure, age, suburban life, television, computers, women's roles and other factors are isolating Americans from each other in a trend whose reflection can clearly be seen in British society.
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Hedonic Prices and Implicit Markets: Product Differentiation in Pure Competition
TL;DR: In this article, a theory of hedonic prices is formulated as a problem in the economics of spatial equilibrium in which the entire set of implicit prices guides both consumer and producer locational decisions in characteristics space.
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Subjective Well-Being: Three Decades of Progress
TL;DR: Wilson's (1967) review of the area of subjective well-being (SWB) advanced several conclusions regarding those who report high levels of "happiness". A number of his conclusions have been overturned: youth and modest aspirations no longer are seen as prerequisites of SWB.
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Subjective well-being: Three decades of progress
TL;DR: Wilson's (1967) review of the area of subjective well-being (SWB) advanced several conclusions regarding those who report high levels of "happiness" A number of his conclusions have been overturned: youth and modest aspirations no longer are seen as prerequisites of SWB as discussed by the authors.
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Bowling alone: The collapse and revival of American community
TL;DR: As an example of how the current "war on terrorism" could generate a durable civic renewal, Putnam points to the burst in civic practices that occurred during and after World War II, which he says "permanently marked" the generation that lived through it and had a "terrific effect on American public life over the last half-century."