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作者

来源

CITIES,Vol.79,P.70-77

语言

英文

关键字

Inequality; Urban sprawl; Well-being; USA; United States; URBAN SPRAWL; LIFE SATISFACTION; SOCIAL-INTERACTION; CITY; HAPPINESS; COSTS; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; MOBILITY; NETWORK

作者单位

[Lee, Wen Hao; Pojani, Dorina] Univ Queensland, Sch SEES, St Lucia Campus,Chamberlain 35,4th Floor, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia. [Ambrey, Christopher] Univ Queensland, Inst Social Sci Res, Long Pocket Precinct, Indooroopilly, Qld 4068, Australia. Ambrey, C (reprint author), Univ Queensland, Inst Social Sci Res, Long Pocket Precinct, Indooroopilly, Qld 4068, Australia. E-Mail: wen.lee4@uq.net.au; c.ambrey@uq.edu.au; d.pojani@uq.edu.au

摘要

This study investigates whether income inequality is related to sprawl and wellbeing in American cities. The results do not provide evidence to support the role of income inequality as a mediator of the link between sprawl and well-being. Instead, the results tell a more nuanced story. Specifically, they indicate that consistent with a priori expectations, lower levels of sprawl are, on average, associated with lower levels of income inequality. Additionally, lower levels of sprawl correspond to higher levels of financial well-being. Supplementary investigation into this finding reveals that this disguises a very different experience among Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) with higher levels of financial wellbeing, in which lower sprawl corresponds more strongly to higher levels of financial well-being. While the evidence is not unimpeachable, these findings lend some support to conventional anti-sprawl urban planning wisdom for American cities.