Report of Environment Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction in 10 Cities in China

Although traditional environment monitoring indicators refer to a variety of aspects of environment，they are in lack of subjective indicators such as environment satisfaction and life satisfaction. In this study, 11 689 citizens conducted a questionnaire called Satisfaction with Green Environment（SWGE）and Satisfaction with Life Scale（SWLS）in 10 representative cities in China. Results show that environment satisfaction rankings of the 10 cities from highest to lowest are: Kunming, Chengdu, Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Xian, Urumqi, Harbin, Lanzhou, Guangzhou. Life satisfaction rankings of the cities from high to low are: Chengdu, Harbin, Kunming, Urumqi, Beijing, Xian, Shanghai, Lanzhou, Wuhan, Guangzhou. Different groups of people show differences in environment satisfaction and life satisfaction. Generally, females are more satisfied in environment and life than males.Older people are more satisfied with environment and life. Workers and peasants are the most satisfied groups in environment and life. Higher educated people feel less satisfied with environment and life. Majority (Han Nationality) people are a little bit higher than minorities in environment and life. The longer a person lives in a city, the higher satisfaction he（she）has in environment and life. In general, environment satisfaction and life satisfaction are low in 10 cities. There is still much room for improvement in green environment in China. Kunming and Chengdu are at the head of the 10 cities in green environment satisfaction and life satisfaction whereas Lanzhou and Guangzhou drop behind. Present study indicates that Chinese city residents are not sufficiently satisfied with their green environment. Scores of the 10 cities are all lower than 70 (out of a full mark of 100).