Urban Land Use Fragmentation and Human Well-Being

We study how land use fragmentation affects the life satisfaction of city dwellers. To this end, we calculate fragmentation metrics based on exact geographical coordinates of land use from the European Urban Atlas and of households from the German Socio-Economic Panel. Using ordinary least squares a...

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Published in:Land economics 2022-05, Vol.98 (2), p.399-420
Main Authors: Bertram, Christine, Goebel, Jan, Krekel, Christian, Rehdanz, Katrin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Fragmentation
Geographical coordinates
Households
Land use
Life satisfaction
Population density
Segmentation
Socioeconomic factors
Urban areas
Vegetation
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Summary:We study how land use fragmentation affects the life satisfaction of city dwellers. To this end, we calculate fragmentation metrics based on exact geographical coordinates of land use from the European Urban Atlas and of households from the German Socio-Economic Panel. Using ordinary least squares and fixed effects specifications, we find little effect on life satisfaction when aggregating over land use types. When looking at particular types, however, we find that life satisfaction is positively affected by lower average degrees of soil sealing, larger shares of vegetation, and more heterogeneous configurations of medium- and low-density urban fabric, especially in areas with higher population density.
ISSN:0023-7639
1543-8325
DOI:10.3368/le.98.2.122019-0175R1