Wellbeing Impacts of City Policies for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Rosemary Hiscock, Pierpaolo Mudu, Matthias Braubach, Marco Martuzzi, Laura Perez and Clive Sabel
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Rosemary Hiscock: School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1SS, UK
Pierpaolo Mudu: WHO Regional Office for Europe, European Centre for Environment and Health, Bonn office, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Matthias Braubach: WHO Regional Office for Europe, European Centre for Environment and Health, Bonn office, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Marco Martuzzi: WHO Regional Office for Europe, European Centre for Environment and Health, Bonn office, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Laura Perez: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstr. 57, Basel 4051, Switzerland
Clive Sabel: School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1SS, UK

IJERPH, 2014, vol. 11, issue 12, 1-34

Abstract: To mitigate climate change, city authorities are developing policies in areas such as transportation, housing and energy use, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to their effects on greenhouse gas emissions, these policies are likely to have consequences for the wellbeing of their populations for example through changes in opportunities to take physical exercise. In order to explore the potential consequences for wellbeing, we first explore what ‘wellbeing’ is and how it can be operationalised for urban planners. In this paper, we illustrate how wellbeing can be divided into objective and subjective aspects which can be measured quantitatively; our review of measures informs the development of a theoretical model linking wellbeing to policies which cities use to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Finally, we discuss the extent to which the links proposed in the conceptual model are supported by the literature and how cities can assess wellbeing implications of policies.

Keywords: climate change; greenhouse gas emissions; cities; wellbeing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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