Wellbeing Impacts of City Policies for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Rosemary Hiscock³  Pierpaolo Mudu¹  Matthias Braubach¹  Marco Martuzzi¹  Laura Perez²  Clive Sabel³ 

[1] WHO Regional Office for Europe, European Centre for Environment and Health, Bonn office, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, 53113 Bonn, Germany; E-Mails:;Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstr. 57, Basel 4051, Switzerland; E-Mail:;School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1SS, UK; E-Mail:

关键词: climate change;    greenhouse gas emissions;    cities;    wellbeing;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph111212312

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

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 operationalized 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.

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