Inhalt: | Contents: Foreword by Andrew Oswald -- Introduction to the handbook on wellbeing, happiness and the environment / David Maddison, Katrin Rehdanz and Heinz Welsch -- Part I: Social sciences, happiness and the environment -- 1. Economics, wellbeing and happiness: a historical perspective / Luigino Bruni -- 2. World database of happiness: a 'findings archive' / Ruut Veenhoven -- 3. Spatial variation in life satisfaction: a happiness puzzle / Mona Ahmadiani, Finbarr Brereton, Susana Ferreira and Mirko Moro -- 4. Happiness and environmental economics / Heinz Welsch -- 5. Subjective wellbeing as valuation system of environmental quality: an environmental social sciences approach / Jianjun Tang, Honghao Ren and Henk Folmer -- Part II: Case studies on happiness and the environment -- 6. Cross-country variations in subjective wellbeing explained by the climate / David Maddison and Katrin Rehdanz -- 7. Natural disasters and self-reported wellbeing: empirical evidence for rainfall extremes in the United Kingdom / Michael Berlemann, Judith Regner and Jascha Tutt -- 8. Happiness and forest-attacking invasive alien species / Benjamin A. Jones -- 9. Happiness and air pollution / Arik Levinson -- 10. The effects of exposure to air pollution on subjective wellbeing in China / Xin Zhang, Xi Chen and Xiaobo Zhang -- 11. Noise and subjective wellbeing / Daniel Fujiwara and Ricky N. Lawton -- 12. Measuring the wellbeing and health impacts of sewage odour / Daniel Fujiwara, Iulian Gramatki and Kieran Keohane -- 13. The effect of green areas on life satisfaction: a comparison of subjective and objective measures / Teresa Ruckelshau -- 14. Mappiness: natural environments and in-the-moment happiness / George MacKerron and Susana Mourato -- 15. Legacy effects and individual heterogeneity in the relationship between health and wellbeing / Peter Howley -- 16. Valuing energy infrastructure externalities using wellbeing and hedonic price data: the case of wind turbines / Christian Krekel -- 17. Happiness and energy supply / Heinz Welsch -- 18. Green with satisfaction: the relationship between pro-environmental behaviours and subjective wellbeing / Kate Laffan -- 19. Happiness and green lifestyle / Heinz Welsch -- 20. How environmental ethics affect the consumption-wellbeing relationship: evidence from Japan / Tetsuya Tsurumi, Kazuki Kagohashi and Shunsuke Managi -- 21. An empirical assessment of the indigenous sumak kawsay -- (living well): the importance of nature and relationships / Carmen Amelia Coral-Guerrero, Jorge Guardiola and Fernando Garc.a-Quero -- 22. Mother earth and household welfare functions of first nations peoples of Canada / Shashi Kant, Ilan Vertinsky and Bin Zheng -- Part III: Conclusion -- 23 happiness in retrospect and prospect / Bruno S. Frey -- Index. "This topical and engaging Handbook brings together cutting-edge research on the relationship between happiness and the natural environment. With interdisciplinary contributions from top scholars, it explores the role of happiness research as a new approach to environmental social science, illustrating the critical links between human wellbeing, happiness and the environment. Addressing key environmental issues that impact happiness, the book examines: climate change and extreme weather events, air pollution, noise, odour, access to green space, and the importance of green lifestyles. This wide range of environmental concerns is analysed through the lens of differing cultural backgrounds, exploring the importance of different forms of human interaction with the environment globally, as well as its effects. Environmental economics and sociology scholars will find the key case studies discussed particularly useful in assessing different cultural, political and regional approaches to the topic. It will also be an interesting read for policy-makers looking to better understand how the environment affects human happiness and wellbeing"-- |
