Delphi exploration of subjective well-being indicators for strategic urban planning towards sustainable development in Malaysia
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2019
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Journal of Urban Management journal. homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jum
Abstract
This study seeks expert consensus to determine indicators that could be used to assess subjective
well-being for strategic urban planning in the context of sustainable development. For this
purpose, a Delphi study including a panel of 45 academic experts was carried out. The study
consisted of two rounds. At each round, experts were asked to rate key elements by assessing
indicator as very low importance, low importance, moderate importance, high importance and
very high importance. A 75% agreement was used as cutoff. The results at second round reveal
that panelists agreed on 37 key indicators being essential to assess subjective well-being for
sustainable urban development. Using these results as a framework to develop guidelines at local,
state, and national levels would allow better assessing and comparing transition programs towards sustainability
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Community happiness, Delphi, subjective indicator, urban development, urban sustainability interventions
Citation
Musa, H. D., Yacob, M. R., & Abdullah, A. M. (2019). Delphi exploration of subjective well-being indicators for strategic urban planning towards sustainable development in Malaysia. Journal of urban management, 8(1), 28-41.