The effects of world heritage status on European city residents’ subjective quality of life

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-03-26 DOI:10.1108/jchmsd-02-2023-0016

J. Alfaro-Navarro, María-Encarnación Andrés-Martínez

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Abstract

PurposeBeing awarded world heritage status is a distinguishing factor when it comes to promoting tourism in a city. Tourism in these cities should be developed in a way that does not compromise either the city’s heritage or the inhabitants' quality of life. Thus, the main purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects of a European city achieving world heritage status on the subjective quality of life of its citizens.Design/methodology/approachFirst of all, we classify European cities according to whether or not they have been declared world heritage sites. Then, we analyze the effect of this classification on the main aspects used to measure the residents' perception of quality of life that are available in the Flash Eurobarometer 419.FindingsThe results show that achieving world heritage status has a negative effect on residents' perceptions of the noise level, air quality and feeling of safety. However, it does not affect their perceptions of public transport or cleanliness. In addition, world heritage status positively affects residents’ perceptions of the cultural activities in the city and their ease of finding a job. Residents report high levels of happiness in both world heritage and non-heritage cities, although levels are somewhat higher in non-heritage cities.Originality/valueResidents' perceptions of the influence of tourism on their quality of life are undoubtedly of major importance; however, due to a lack of available data, few studies have examined this subjective quality of life at the city level.

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世界遗产地位对欧洲城市居民主观生活质量的影响

目的被授予世界遗产地位是促进城市旅游业发展的一个重要因素。在这些城市发展旅游业时，既不能损害城市遗产，也不能损害居民的生活质量。因此，本文的主要目的是分析欧洲城市获得世界遗产地位对其市民主观生活质量的影响。设计/方法/途径首先，我们根据是否被宣布为世界遗产对欧洲城市进行分类。然后，我们分析了这种分类对 Flash Eurobarometer 419 中用于衡量居民生活质量感知的主要方面的影响。结果结果表明，获得世界遗产地位对居民对噪音水平、空气质量和安全感的感知有负面影响。然而，这并不影响他们对公共交通或清洁度的看法。此外，世界遗产地位对居民对城市文化活动和找工作难易程度的看法有积极影响。无论是世界遗产城市还是非遗产城市，居民的幸福感都很高，但非遗产城市的幸福感略高。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

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1.10%

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312

审稿时长

2 months

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