Life satisfaction and perceived and objective neighborhood environments in a green-accredited township: Quantile regression approach

《Life satisfaction and perceived and objective neighborhood environments in a green-accredited township: Quantile regression approach》

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作者: Teck Hong Tan;Weng Chang Lee

来源: CITIES,Vol.135,Issue1,Article 104196

语言: 英文

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作者单位: Xiamen University Malaysia, Malaysia;Xiamen University Malaysia, Malaysia;School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China;School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;Institute of Remote Sensing and Earth Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China;Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-8568, Japan;LocationMind Inc., 3-5-2 Iwamotocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0032, Japan;SUSTech-UTokyo Joint Research Center on Super Smart City, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China;College of Management and Economics, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China;School of Urban Planning & Design, Peking University, Shenzhen, China;Urban Studies, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow, 25 -29 Bute Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RS, UK;Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, 7 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK;Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Geography and Planning Building, Winter Street, Sheffield S3 7ND, UK;Department of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, China;Guangdong–Hong Kong-Macau Joint Laboratory for Smart Cities, China;Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, China;Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, China;Institute of Geography, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), University of Hamburg, 20146 Hamburg, Germany;School of Integrated Climate System Sciences, University of Hamburg, 20146 Hamburg, Germany;Department of Earth Sciences, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan;Inter-university Department of Regional & Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), Politecnico di Torino and Università di Torino, Italy

摘要: The characteristics of one's neighborhood have a significant impact on life satisfaction in older people, as a properly designed neighborhood can support aging in place. Although there are various aspects subsumed under neighborhood environment, this study examines perceived and objective neighborhood environmental characteristics, such as accessibility, neighborhood safety, environmental quality, neighborhood problems, and third places. Using a questionnaire survey as well as an in-depth interview, this paper examines the effect of neighborhood environment attributes on life satisfaction among older people living in a green accredited township. The quantile regression estimates show that different quantiles of respondents attach different importance to the determinants of life satisfaction. As for third places, visiting neighborhood shopping centers and taking lifelong learning courses at school may be determinants of life satisfaction when controlling for sociodemographic characteristics. By revealing the environmental determinants of life satisfaction among Malaysian older people, this study provides information for housing associations and urban planners to design an age-friendly neighborhood.