To what extent does air pollution affect happiness? The case of the Jinchuan mining area, China

Li, Zhengtao; Folmer, Henk; Xue, Jianhong

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.12.014

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“…In the past, studies on air pollution and wellbeing generally suggested that poor air quality is a significant and negative predictor of wellbeing (e.g., Levinson, 2012;Welsch, 2002Welsch, , 2006Welsch, , 2007Welsch, , 2009Zeidner & Shechter, 1988). Self-reported life satisfaction (e.g., Ferreira et al, 2013;Li et al, 2014;Liao et al, 2014;Luechinger, 2009Luechinger, , 2010MacKerron & Mourato, 2009;Rehdanz & Maddison, 2008;Welsch, 2006) and positive and negative emotions (e.g., Bullinger, 1989;Yeatts et al, 2014;Zeidner & Shechter, 1988), which are three elements of SWB, were measured as the main indicators of wellbeing in these studies. In other words, the view that air pollution has a negative effect on hedonic wellbeing has been corroborated repeatedly.…”

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“…This means people who were living in Beijing breathed healthy air on only 56% of the days of the year. On the one hand, the growing air pollution will definitely interfere with a better life for people; on the other hand, the rising GDP, indicators of wellbeing used were usually life satisfaction (e.g., Ferreira et al, 2013;Li, Folmer, & Xue, 2014;Liao, Shaw, & Lin, 2014;Luechinger, 2009Luechinger, , 2010MacKerron & Mourato, 2009;Welsch, 2006;Rehdanz & Maddison, 2008), and the presence of positive mood and the absence of negative mood (e.g., Bullinger, 1989;Cuñado & de Gracia, 2013;Yeatts, Cready, Pei, Shen, & Luo, 2014;Zeidner & Shechter, 1988), which are basic components of SWB (Diener, Suh, & Oishi, 1997;Lucas, Diener, & Suh, 1996).…”

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Under the Dome: Air Pollution, Wellbeing, and Pro-Environmental Behaviour Among Beijing Residents

Huang

Zhang

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Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

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T he conflict between economic development and environmental protection has been made salient by increasingly severe air pollution in China, a visible consequence of the costs of rapid economic progress. How does air pollution affect people's psychological experiences? How are newly rich Chinese beginning to think about this social dilemma and are they willing to take any action to deal with the problem? Are there individual differences that contribute to the effect of air pollution on mental experience and concern for environmental protection? The present work explores answers to these questions through two studies among convenience samples of participants residing in Beijing, which is the capital of China and plagued by toxic haze. Study 1 recruited 50 undergraduates and applied a 10-day experience sampling method. Results revealed that the real-time objective air pollution index was negatively associated with immediate subjective wellbeing (SWB) but positively associated with eudaimonic wellbeing (EWB). Study 2 investigated a sample of 288 working adults living in Beijing for their perceptions of air quality, wellbeing, pro-environmental behaviour (PEB) intentions, future orientation, and place attachment. Results revealed that perceived air pollution could not predict general SWB but improved the sense of purpose and meaning in life (i.e., EWB). Furthermore, this association was heightened in individuals who were future-orientated. In addition, perceived air pollution increased PEB intentions, partially through the promotion of EWB, and this effect was stronger in those who were more emotionally attached to Beijing.Keywords: air pollution, subjective wellbeing, eudaimonic wellbeing, pro-environmental behaviour, future orientation, place attachmentAir pollution is a serious environmental problem around the world. The World Health Organization's (WHO) urban air quality database, which covers 1,600 cities across 91 countries, revealed that only 12% of the people living in cities that report on air quality reside in cities where this complies with WHO air quality guideline levels; this issue is particularly prominent in cities in developing countries (WHO, 2014a). In early 2015, a documentary titled Under the Dome aroused widespread concern and hot discussion in Chinese public spheres because of the portrait it presented of severe air pollution in mainland China. Since the economic reform and opening up of China, rapid industrialisation and urbanisation has accelerated the problem of air pollution in mainland China. For example, official data showed that there were up to 161 days of heavy air pollution in 2014 in Beijing, the capital city of China. This means people who were living in Beijing breathed healthy air on only 56% of the days of the year. On the one hand, the growing air pollution will definitely interfere with a better life for people; on the other hand, the rising GDP, Address for correspondence : Dr Fang Wang, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P.R. China. Email: fwang@bnu.ed...

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Zhang

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Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

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“…This indicates that poverty is no longer an issue in northwest China. These results are not surprising because significant infrastructure construction [22,23] and poverty reduction [24,25] have been achieved in the last 40 years, but at the expense of health risks [26] and environmental degradation [17,21]. …”

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The Local Residents’ Concerns about Environmental Issues in Northwest China

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Zhao

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This paper analyzes public awareness and perception about current issues of environmental and water resources in China in comparison to the socio-economic issues. The ranking, Likert scale, and ordered logit analysis were applied to data from 1773 sample residents in northwest China. The results show that the residents rank the degradation of the ecological environment and water resources as the most important issue, and education, political involvement, gender, employment, and residential location play significant roles in explaining the observed differences in concern. Of the possible environmental and water resource restoration policies, residents ranked water quantity and quality, agricultural and industrial water use, erosion control, vegetation restoration, wildlife habitat, animal brooding and migration services, biodiversity landscape, and eco-tourism from one to nine in order of importance, respectively. The results are relevant for policymaking and imply that environmental restoration is a high public demand. Welfare gains from investments in it would be higher or equal to gains from other socio-economic and livelihood activities. Thus, public policies must emphasize restoring and maintaining a sustainable ecological environment.

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“…Li et al (2014) resaltan la importancia para la evaluación de tener información antes y después de la implementación de las políticas.…”

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“…En Li et al (2014) las ecuaciones basadas en el comportamiento a nivel micro capturan las percepciones sobre el nivel de riesgo en variables medio ambientales, que afectan los niveles de felicidad directamente; entre mayor sea la intensidad en la percepción del riesgo en estas variables, menor será el nivel de felicidad reportado.…”

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Felicidad en la política pública: una revisión de literatura

2018

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Bajo las condiciones siguientes:• Atribución -Debe reconocer los créditos de la obra de la manera especificada por el autor o el licenciante. Si utiliza parte o la totalidad de esta investigación tiene que especificar la fuente.• No Comercial -No puede utilizar esta obra para fines comerciales.• Sin Obras Derivadas -No se puede alterar, transformar o generar una obra derivada a partir de esta obra.Los derechos derivados de usos legítimos u otras limitaciones reconocidas por la ley no se ven afectados por lo anterior.El contenido de los artículos y reseñas publicadas es responsabilidad de los autores y no refleja el punto de vista u opinión de la Escuela de Economía de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas o de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia. El artículo revisa la literatura sobre felicidad desde una perspectiva de política pública. Se encuentra una tendencia, que debería fortalecerse en el futuro, a estudiar los efectos de diversas políticas sobre la felicidad, en lugar de extrapolar los efectos de trabajos sobre los determinantes. Dado que muchos métodos fueron diseñados para estudiar la utilidad, hace falta adaptarlos, especialmente en el tratamiento del tiempo, y en el uso de métodos experimentales y la evaluación de impacto. La noción de felicidad plantea preguntas importantes, pero todavía son necesarios más desarrollos para su uso fructífero en la toma de decisiones de política. The article surveys the recent literature on happiness from a policy perspective. We identified a trend in order to study the effects of different policies on happiness instead of simply extrapolating policy recommendations from studies on the determinants of happiness. We predict that this trend will become more pronounced in the future. As many policy tools were made for utility, they require adaptation to promote happiness, especially in terms of the treatment of time, the use of experimental methods, and impact evaluation. Happiness studies raise important and interesting questions; however, more developments are needed for them to be useful in aiding public policy. The content of all published articles and reviews does not reflect the official opinion of the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the School of Economics, or those of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Responsibility for the information and views expressed in the articles and reviews lies entirely with the author(s). 95 ARTÍCULO

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To what extent does air pollution affect happiness? The case of the Jinchuan mining area, China

Cited by 147 publications

References 85 publications

Under the Dome: Air Pollution, Wellbeing, and Pro-Environmental Behaviour Among Beijing Residents

Under the Dome: Air Pollution, Wellbeing, and Pro-Environmental Behaviour Among Beijing Residents

The Local Residents’ Concerns about Environmental Issues in Northwest China

Felicidad en la política pública: una revisión de literatura

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