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Mobility, Sociability and Well-being of Urban Living

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Editors:
  1. Donggen Wang

    1. Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

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  2. Shenjing He

    1. Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong Department of Urban Planning and Design, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

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  • Brings together interdisciplinary analysis of wide-ranging urban issues from the perspective of wellbeing
  • Compares empirical data collected from different cities across different parts of the world
  • Features state-of-the-art research by a group of internationally recognized scholars and frontline researchers from different countries
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  5. Neighborhood and Subjective Wellbeing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
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    2. Place, Geographical Context and Subjective Well-being: State of Art and Future Directions

      • Fenglong Wang, Donggen Wang
      Pages 189-230

    3. Neighbourhood Determinants for Life Satisfaction of Older People in Beijing

      • Bingqiu Yan, Xiaolu Gao, Werner Breitung
      Pages 231-248

    4. Emotional Well-being of Social Housing Residents in Guangzhou, China: How Does Neighborhood Context Matter?

      • Ye Liu, Yuqi Liu, Jiaxuan Feng, Zhigang Li
      Pages 249-264

    5. The Moderating Effect of Community Interaction on Individual Well-Being During Hot Days

      • Pei-Shan Liao, Su-Hao Tu, Shih-Chun Candice Lung
      Pages 265-282
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About this book

This book investigates critical urban issues related to socio-spatial segregation, housing, daily travel, mobility of the elderly, etc. from the perspective of wellbeing.  This is a collection of the latest research works by frontline researchers working in the fields of geography, urban studies, transport, and sociology. Drawing on theoretical and empirical explorations, collected chapters in this book connect mobility and wellbeing, bridge geography and health, and analyze the implications of mobility disadvantages on urban marginal groups’ wellbeing. Research findings presented in the book are also highly relevant for practitioners and policy makers in the pursuit of improving urban livability since wellbeing, or quality of life, is increasingly considered as an important criteria alternative to income growth to evaluate economic, social and urban development.  

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“This edited book is a worthwhile addition to the well-being literature and is written in a very accessible form. It provides important insights into the role that geography and spatial scale play in understanding the interplay of mobility, sociability and well-being in our complex urban worlds.” (Jonathan Corcoran, Urban Studies, Vol. 55 (9), 2018)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

    Donggen Wang

  • Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong Department of Urban Planning and Design, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    Shenjing He

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mobility, Sociability and Well-being of Urban Living

  • Editors: Donggen Wang, Shenjing He

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48184-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-48183-7Published: 23 December 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-56914-6Published: 27 March 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-48184-4Published: 16 December 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 282

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Quality of Life Research, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning

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