Year: 2019
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Green space and subjective well-being have been taken as a prior issue in developed countries. Developed countries have carried on this issue along with development in urban areas and also connected with the life of people. Through the use of green space, these countries have enhanced the well-being of the city. This research has studied the relationship between urban green space and the well-being of citizens visiting the park. This research is mainly focused to find the relationship between green space and happiness of the people in the presence of social factors and variables. And also, the relationship between park visit and happiness has been studied based on two variables: happiness inside the park and happiness outside the park through paired sample test and mean. The mean value of paired sample test is 0.1500, which is higher. The examination result shows that the effect of park in happiness is significant. It means that overall, there is a noticeable result in the relationship between park and happiness, where 43.3% of the respondents get happier inside the park. In addition, the happiness of respondents has been influenced by social factors such as education, age, gender, employment, park activities and with whom they were present inside the park. The happiness of the respondents from analysis shows both negative and positive, though they are statistically insignificant. It means that except the variable happiness outside the park, others indicated there is no relation between them. Likewise, social variable, like age group, education, employment, origin, activities in the park and with whom in the park have influenced happiness negatively inside the park with statistically significant value. Where except the happiness outside the park, other variables seem negative. The result has found that some variables have influenced happiness positively and some influenced negatively. That’s why the result points that happiness inside the park has, to some extent seen influenced by the green space.
Source: Current Urban Studies
Authors: Ajit Shrivastav, Pranjal Sigdel
Institutions: Pokhara University, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Language: English
Topic: Urban Green Space and Health
Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2973000600