RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Urban Land Use Fragmentation and Human Wellbeing
JF Land Economics
JO Land Econ
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 122019-0175R1
DO 10.3368/le.98.2.122019-0175R1
A1 Bertram, Christine
A1 Goebel, Jan
A1 Krekel, Christian
A1 Rehdanz, Katrin
YR 2021
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/early/2021/11/04/le.98.2.122019-0175R1.abstract
AB We study how land use fragmentation affects the life satisfaction of city dwellers. To this end, we calculate fragmentation metrics based on exact geographical coordinates of land use from the European Urban Atlas and of households from the German Socio-Economic Panel. Using OLS and fixed effects specifications, we find little impact on life satisfaction when aggregating over land use types. Looking at particular types, however, we find that it is positively affected by lower average degrees of soil sealing, larger shares of vegetation, and more heterogeneous configurations of medium and low-density urban fabric, especially in areas with higher population density.