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Browsing GPEP Research Collection by Author "Brereton, Finbarr"

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Happiness, geography and the environment

Brereton, Finbarr ; Clinch, J. Peter ; Ferreira, S. (Susana) (Elsevier Science, 2008-04)

In recent years, economists have been using socio-economic and socio-demographic characteristics to explain self-reported individual happiness or satisfaction with life. Using Geographical Information Systems (GIS), we ...
Quality of life and the environment : final report

Clinch, J. Peter ; Brereton, Finbarr ; Bullock, Craig ; O'Neill, Eoin ; Russell, Paula (Environmental Protection Agency, 2008)

The study examines objective indicators associated with quality of life in Ireland. As noted above, these include indicators of environmental quality, income, house prices, health, education and crime. The analysis then ...
Ranking quality of life using subjective well-being data

Moro, Mirko ; Brereton, Finbarr ; Ferreira, S. (Susana) ; Clinch, J. Peter (Elsevier Science, 2008-04)

Indices ranking the quality of life in cities based on climatic, environmental and urban conditions have a long tradition in the hedonic literature. In this paper we propose an alternative set of indices based on subjective ...
Understanding and measuring quality of life in Ireland : sustainability, happiness and well-being

Clinch, J. Peter ; Ferreira, S. (Susana) ; Brereton, Finbarr ; Moro, Mirko ; Bullock, Craig (COMHAR, 2006)

In the last decade, the ‘Celtic Tiger’ economy grew at a record rate for a developed country.Nevertheless, there has been much concern regarding the implications of the pace of economic growth for localised environmental ...