International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management 2020
Emotional Factors on Residential Well-Being in Densely Populated Cities
Publication: ICCREM 2020: Intelligent Construction and Sustainable Buildings
ABSTRACT
In densely populated cities, rapid urbanization has accelerated the development of the built environment, which may change residents’ lifestyles and have a great impact on their mental health. As pointed out by many researchers, the built environment is designed to make residents get more happiness, not just physically but also psychologically. Taking a case study in China, field visits were conducted to four small-scale communities in Shenzhen. By observing and conducting interviews with 47 respondents, the study aims to explore the practical problems and influential factors in the living environment and to understand perceptions of residents based on residential well-being. The study also investigates the relationship between the overall residential well-being and the positive affect, to further understand the effects of different emotional aspects on residential well-being, which is expected to provide a new direction for the future community design.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Kindly thank all community staff and residents in the Haiwang Community of Shenzhen for their cooperation. We would like to thank The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Harbin Institute of Technology for the support to carry out the study. We also specially thank the Eric C. Yim Endowed Professorship for the research support in the data analysis.
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ICCREM 2020: Intelligent Construction and Sustainable Buildings
Pages: 632 - 638
Editors: Yaowu Wang, Ph.D., Harbin Institute of Technology, Thomas Olofsson, Ph.D., Luleå University of Technology, and Geoffrey Q. P. Shen, Ph.D., Hong Kong Polytechnic University
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8323-7
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Published online: Oct 14, 2020
Published in print: Oct 14, 2020
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