Urban land use fragmentation and human wellbeing

Christine Bertram, Jan Goebel, Christian Krekel and Katrin Rehdanz

No 2147, Kiel Working Papers from Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel)

Abstract: We study how urban land use fragmentation affects the subjective wellbeing of city residents. Therefore, we calculate fragmentation metrics based on the European Urban Atlas for 15,000 households in the German Socio-Economic Panel. Using random and fixed effects specifications, we find that fragmentation has little impact on wellbeing when aggregating over all land use types. Looking at particular land use types, however, we find that wellbeing is positively affected by lower average degrees of soil sealing, larger shares of vegetation, and a more heterogeneous configuration of medium and low density urban fabric, especially in areas with above average population density.

Keywords: Urban Land Use; Urban Land Use Fragmentation; Subjective Wellbeing; Life Satisfaction; Spatial Analysis; SOEP; GIS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 Q51 Q57 R20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr, nep-eur, nep-hap and nep-ure
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Journal Article: Urban Land Use Fragmentation and Human Well-Being (2022)
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