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City form and well-being: what makes London neighborhoods good places to live?

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Alessandro Venerandi,

Giovanni Quattrone,

Licia CapraAuthors Info & Claims

SIGSPACIAL '16: Proceedings of the 24th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems

Article No.: 70, Pages 1 - 4

https://doi.org/10.1145/2996913.2997011

Published: 31 October 2016 Publication History

Abstract

What is the relationship between urban form and citizens' well-being? In this paper, we propose a quantitative approach to help answer this question, inspired by theories developed within the fields of architecture and population health. The method extracts a rich set of metrics of urban form and well-being from openly accessible datasets. Using linear regression analysis, we identify a model which can explain 30% of the variance of well-being when applied to Greater London, UK. Outcomes of this research can inform the discussion on how to design cities which foster the well-being of their residents.

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City form and well-being: what makes London neighborhoods good places to live?
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SIGSPACIAL '16: Proceedings of the 24th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems

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ISBN:9781450345897

DOI:10.1145/2996913

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