Urban sustainability and the subjective well‐being of migrants: The role of risks, place attachment, and aspirations
dc.contributor.author | Szaboova, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Safra de Campos, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Adger, WN | |
dc.contributor.author | Abu, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Codjoe, SNA | |
dc.contributor.author | Franco Gavonel, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Das, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Siddiqui, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Rocky, MH | |
dc.contributor.author | Hazra, S | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-07-15T08:56:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-07-12 | |
dc.description.abstract | While material conditions of migrant populations on average tend to improve over time as they become established in new destinations, individual trajectories of material and subjective well-being often diverge. Here, we analyse how social and environmental factors in the urban environment shape the subjective well-being of migrant populations. We hypothesise these factors to include (a) perceived social and environmental risk, (b) attachment to place, and (c) migrant aspirations. We analyse data from a cross-sectional survey of 2641 individual migrants in seven cities across Ghana, India, and Bangladesh. The results show that the persistence of inferior material conditions, exposure to environmental hazards, and constrained access to services and employment affect migrants' subjective well-being. Hence, social and environmental risks constitute urban precarity for migrants whose social vulnerability persist in their destination. Meeting migration-related aspirations and developing an affinity to urban destinations have the potential to mitigate negative sentiments from perceived risks. These findings have implications for future urban planning and sustainability. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | International Development Research Centre | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 12 July 2021 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/psp.2505 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 107,642 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 109223-002 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/126429 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Wiley | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://doi.org.10.17632/pr9d2cj2g8.2 | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2021 The Authors. Population, Space and Place published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | en_GB |
dc.subject | environmental risks | en_GB |
dc.subject | migration | en_GB |
dc.subject | subjective well-being | en_GB |
dc.subject | urban sustainability | en_GB |
dc.title | Urban sustainability and the subjective well‐being of migrants: The role of risks, place attachment, and aspirations | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2021-07-15T08:56:22Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1544-8444 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Wiley via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.description | Data availability statement: The dataset for the analysis presented in the paper can be publicly and freely accessed through the Mendeley Data repository at DOI https://doi.org.10.17632/pr9d2cj2g8.2 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Population, Space and Place | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2021-06-29 | |
exeter.funder | ::International Development Research Centre | en_GB |
exeter.funder | ::International Development Research Centre | en_GB |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2021-07-12 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2021-07-15T08:54:04Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-07-15T08:56:55Z | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |
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