Kirti Das - Neighborhood Built Environment, Out-of-Home Leisure, and Everyday Happiness
Channel: Daynamica Inc.
Date: 2022-08-09

Dr. Kirti Das, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Urban Nexus Lab, Princeton University, explained how Daynamica data can be used to understand the impacts of the built environment on people's everyday leisure activity patterns and happiness levels.

Abstract: Comprehending and promoting well-being has long been considered key to the creation and maintenance of healthy, productive societies. As urban planners design and maintain living environments, it is critical for them to understand how the neighborhood built environment influences well-being through its physical characteristics, social environment, access to services, opportunities it affords to its residents, and the promotion of certain kinds of behavior. This presentation will highlight findings from a study conducted in the Twin Cities Metro Area to elucidate the relationship between the neighborhood built environment and emotional well-being. Data for the study was collected using the Daynamica smartphone application, through which 400 respondents reported episode-level activity data and affective response data over a 7-day period.