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Jon D. Erickson, Joseph Kelly, and Robert Costanza

An Ecological Economics Capital Stock Approach to Quality of Life Assessment in Burlington, Vermont, USA. Jon D. Erickson, Joseph Kelly, and Robert Costanza Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources University of Vermont

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Jon D. Erickson, Joseph Kelly, and Robert Costanza

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  1. An Ecological Economics Capital Stock Approach to Quality of Life Assessment in Burlington, Vermont, USA Jon D. Erickson, Joseph Kelly, and Robert Costanza Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources University of Vermont and the Fall 2003 Introduction to Ecological Economics class: C. Andrews, J. Antonucci, S. Augeri, E. Berliet, M. Birkby, W. Brennan, E. Brown, M. Brundige, M. Buechler, M. Cohen, C. Coleman, C. Coogan, A. Cooper, K. Costello, M. Crane, A. D'Aversa, A. Davis, J. DeCelles, A. Delgado, M. DiBiccari, H. Dudley, J. Dye, A. Effler, M. Egbers, P. Freeman, M. Gilmartin, E. Graves, M. Hall, C. Hancock, E. Harrison, E. Hartz, K. Hayes, C. Herold-Lind, R. Holthaus, D. Hubbard, H. Johansson, L. Junger, B. Kelly, A. Kirschner, A. Klein, M. Martin, I. Marvin, C. McCreight, B. O'Donoghue, M. Palmer, B. Parke, A. Pearlstein, J. Randall, C. Reeves, D. Rosa, C. Smith, J. Smith, R. Sterling, C. Sullivan, T. Van Etten, T., A. Verinis, P. Virchick, A. Voinov, J. Waters Photo: Anton Voinov

  2. Previous Surveys

  3. 1 – New North End 2 – Old North End 3 – Downtown 4 – Collegetown 5 – Northeast 6 – The Hill 7 – Pine Street 8 – South End Eight Neighborhoods Thanks to Margaret Bozik from CEDO Burlington, and Eric Brown our resident pizza guy!

  4. Survey Questions • Neighborhood Identity • Built Capital • Natural Capital • Human Capital • Social Capital • Total Quality of Life • Demographics Photo: Anton Voinov

  5. Neighborhood Identity Please rank the top five regions according to which ones you most identify with as your home, from 1 (most identify) to 5 (least identify).

  6. Importance vs. Happiness For questions rating For questions rating importance: happiness: [1] Very important [1] Very happy [2] Important [2] Happy [3] Neither important [3] Neither happy or unimportant or unhappy [4] Unimportant [4] Unhappy [5] Very unimportant [5] Very unhappy Photo: Anton Voinov

  7. Built Capital How important are the things you own or rent (for example, your home, car, furniture, clothes, etc.) to your happiness and quality of life? Photo: Anton Voinov

  8. Less Happy than Important Equal More Happy than Important Mean Importance: Home 1.58 Food & Drink 1.85 Transportation 2.24 Entertainment 2.64 Cons. Durables 2.67 Pers. Access. 2.67 Mean Happiness: Food & Drink 1.77 Home 1.85 Entertainment 2.08 Transportation 2.12 Pers. Access. 2.16 Cons. Durables 2.19

  9. City Wide Built Capital Happiness Photo: Anton Voinov

  10. Are you happy with your current family or personal yearly income? Percent “Yes” for Burlington = 66%

  11. If not, how much more income per year would you need to be satisfied?

  12. Natural Capital How important is the quality of the natural environment in which you live (for example, air, water, open space, cleanliness) to your happiness and quality of life?

  13. Less Happy than Important Equal More Happy than Important Mean Importance: Air Quality 1.46 Water Resources 1.57 Cleanliness 1.68 Public Open Space 1.91 Noise 2.10 Mean Happiness: Air Quality 1.85 Water Resources 1.94 Public Open Space 2.07 Cleanliness 2.17 Noise 2.41

  14. Human Capital How important are investments made in yourself (for example, education, job skills, health, spirituality) to your happiness and quality of life? Photo: Anton Voinov

  15. Less Happy than Important Equal More Happy than Important Mean Importance: Health Care 1.62 Mental Well-Being 1.71 Education 1.80 Job 1.86 Exercise 2.12 Mean Happiness: Mental Well-Being 1.92 Education 1.93 Health Care 2.12 Job 2.28 Exercise 2.33

  16. Social Capital How important are relationships with your family and friends to your happiness and quality of life? How important are interactions with people in your neighborhood to your happiness and quality of life?

  17. Less Happy than Important Equal More Happy than Important Mean Importance: Friends & Fam. 1.25 Safety 1.56 Public Educ. 1.82 Government 1.87 Higher Educ. 1.92 Organizations 2.30 Sense of Com. 2.32 Mean Happiness: Friends & Fam. 1.62 Safety 1.96 Higher Educ. 2.09 Organizations 2.18 Government 2.33 Sense of Com. 2.39 Public Educ. 2.41

  18. Total Quality of Life How would you rate your overall quality of life (on a scale from 1 [very high] to 5 [very low])? Please distribute 100 points across the following four categories according to their importance to your overall quality of life. Personal and public investments in your home, lifestyle, and neighborhood Investments and access to the natural environment in or near your neighborhood Your personal well-being and investments made in yourself Your relationship with your family, friends, and community Photo: Anton Voinov

  19. Time Allocation Please distribute 100 points across the following four categories according to their importance to your overall quality of life. Personal and public investments in your home, lifestyle, and neighborhood Investments and access to the natural environment in or near your neighborhood Your personal well-being and investments made in yourself Your relationship with your family, friends, and community

  20. Student Effect? Testing the Income Effect

  21. Testing the Income Effect Without Students 21% of respondents

  22. Neighborhood Analysis

  23. New North End Ranking (Data) Avg. Quality of Life 6 (1.95) Avg. Happiness with: Built Capital 4 (1.99) Natural Capital 4 (2.01) Human Capital 4 (2.11) Social Capital 2 (2.01) Avg. Time Spent doing: Employment 4 (33%) Volunteer Activities 3 (9%) Household Chores 1 (21%) Family Activities 2 (19%) Personal Activities 8 (20%) Percent with Health Ins. 4 (93%) Home Ownership 1 (73%) Satisfied with Yrly Income 2 (75%)

  24. Old North End Ranking (Data) Avg. Quality of Life 8 (2.10) Avg. Happiness with: Built Capital 7 (2.11) Natural Capital 8 (2.35) Human Capital 2 (2.00) Social Capital 4 (2.25) Avg. Time Spent doing: Employment 2 (37%) Volunteer Activities 5 (7%) Household Chores 3 (19%) Family Activities 8 (16%) Personal Activities 6 (23%) Percent with Health Ins. 8 (81%) Home Ownership 4 (55%) Satisfied with Yrly Income 7 (52%)

  25. Downtown Ranking (Data) Avg. Quality of Life 7 (2.10) Avg. Happiness with: Built Capital 8 (2.29) Natural Capital 7 (2.34) Human Capital 5 (2.13) Social Capital 8 (2.38) Avg. Time Spent doing: Employment 7 (26%) Volunteer Activities 7 (7%) Household Chores 4 (18%) Family Activities 6 (18%) Personal Activities 2 (33%) Percent with Health Ins. 5 (93%) Home Ownership 7 (15%) Satisfied with Yrly Income 5 (64%)

  26. Collegetown Ranking (Data) Avg. Quality of Life 3 (1.88) Avg. Happiness with: Built Capital 5 (2.07) Natural Capital 6 (2.31) Human Capital 7 (2.22) Social Capital 7 (2.33) Avg. Time Spent doing: Employment 5 (28%) Volunteer Activities 8 (6%) Household Chores 8 (14%) Family Activities 3 (19%) Personal Activities 1 (33%) Percent with Health Ins. 7 (85%) Home Ownership 6 (17%) Satisfied w/ Yrly Income 8 (51%)

  27. Northeast Ranking (Data) Avg. Quality of Life 5 (1.95) Avg. Happiness with: Built Capital 3 (1.92) Natural Capital 5 (2.21) Human Capital 3 (2.08) Social Capital 6 (2.27) Avg. Time Spent doing: Employment 6 (27%) Volunteer Activities 2 (11%) Household Chores 2 (20%) Family Activities 7 (17%) Personal Activities 4 (27%) Percent with Health Ins. 1 (100%) Home Ownership 8 (7%) Satisfied with Yrly Income 3 (68%)

  28. The Hill Ranking (Data) Avg. Quality of Life 1 (1.50) Avg. Happiness with: Built Capital 2 (1.88) Natural Capital 1 (1.78) Human Capital 1 (1.96) Social Capital 1 (2.01) Avg. Time Spent doing: Employment 8 (24%) Volunteer Activities 4 (8%) Household Chores 7 (14%) Family Activities 1 (26%) Personal Activities 3 (29%) Percent with Health Ins. 2 (98%) Home Ownership 2 (73%) Satisfied w/ Yrly Income 1 (77%)

  29. Pine Street Ranking (Data) Avg. Quality of Life 4 (1.89) Avg. Happiness with: Built Capital 6 (2.08) Natural Capital 3 (1.98) Human Capital 8 (2.22) Social Capital 3 (2.14) Avg. Time Spent doing: Employment 3 (33%) Volunteer Activities 6 (7%) Household Chores 5 (17%) Family Activities 5 (18%) Personal Activities 5 (24%) Percent with Health Ins. 6 (90%) Home Ownership 5 (51%) Satisfied with Yrly Income 6 (63%)

  30. South End Ranking (Data) Avg. Quality of Life 2 (1.85) Avg. Happiness with: Built Capital 1 (1.82) Natural Capital 2 (1.92) Human Capital 6 (2.22) Social Capital 5 (2.26) Avg. Time Spent doing: Employment 1 (37%) Volunteer Activities 1 (13%) Household Chores 6 (15%) Family Activities 4 (19%) Personal Activities 7 (21%) Percent with Health Ins. 3 (95%) Home Ownership 3 (61%) Satisfied with Yrly Income 4 (67%)

  31. Burlington v. EcoVillages

  32. Thanks to: • Burlington Legacy Project (www.cedo.ci.burlington.vt.us/legacy/) • In particular the Community Indicators committee, Betsy Rosenbluth, and Sandra O’Flaherty. • Community and Economic Development Office (www.cedoburlington.org) • In particular Margaret Bozik and Beth Ruzansky. • UVM and Gund Faculty • In particular, Bob Costanza, Josh Farley, Lynne Bond, Matthew Wilson, Gary Flo, and Roel Boumans. Photo: Anton Voinov

  33. Evolving analysis and results posted at: www.uvm.edu/~jdericks/QOL/ Photo: Anton Voinov

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