Urban Green Space and the Well-Being of Citizens of Janakpur Sub-Metropolitan City, Nepal ()
ABSTRACT
Green
space and subjective well-being have been taken as a prior issue in developed
countries. Developed countries have carried on this issue along with development in urban areas and also
connected with the life of people. Through the use of green space, these countries
have enhanced the well-being of the city. This research has studied the
relationship between urban green space and the well-being of citizens visiting
the park. This research is mainly focused to find the relationship between
green space and happiness of the people in the presence of social factors and variables. And
also, the relationship between park visit and happiness has been studied based
on two variables: happiness inside the park and happiness outside the park through paired
sample test and mean. The mean value of paired sample test is 0.1500, which is
higher. The examination result shows that the effect of park in happiness is
significant. It means that overall, there is a noticeable result in the
relationship between park and happiness, where 43.3% of the respondents get happier inside the park. In addition, the happiness of respondents
has been influenced by social factors such as education, age, gender,
employment, park activities and with whom they were present inside the park.
The happiness of the respondents from analysis shows both negative and
positive, though they are statistically insignificant. It means that except the
variable happiness outside the park, others indicated there is no relation between them.
Likewise, social variable, like age group, education, employment, origin,
activities in the park and with whom in the park have influenced happiness
negatively inside the park with statistically significant value. Where except
the happiness outside the park, other variables seem negative. The result has found that some
variables have influenced happiness positively and some influenced negatively.
That’s why the result points that happiness inside the park has, to some extent
seen influenced by the green space.
Share and Cite:
Shrivastav, A. and Sigdel, P. (2019) Urban Green Space and the Well-Being of Citizens of Janakpur Sub-Metropolitan City, Nepal.
Current Urban Studies,
7, 341-360. doi:
10.4236/cus.2019.73017.
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