Abstract：The strategy regarding city size is all about the value orientation of urban development. Based on the theory that “enhancing general well-being is the fundamental goal of development”, this paper discusses urban development from the perspective of well-being. With the well-being theory and urban economics, this paper constructs the urban well-being evaluation index to measure urban well-being in China, and examines the relation between city size and urban well-being by analyzing the panel data of Chinese cities at prefecture level and above from 2006 to 2018 with SEM (simultaneous equation model). The findings are as follows. (1) In recent years, the urban well-being in China has been enhanced, and the gap between cities is slightly widened. (2) City size affects urban well-being through agglomeration economy and crowding effect, and there is a significant positive correlation between city size and urban well-being. (3) There is a significant positive correlation between current urban size and the poor urban well-being. Better urban well-being prompts urban development by attracting people to move into cities. Therefore, in terms of the strategy regarding city size, we need to focus on the enhancement of and equalization of urban well-being. Big cities should take advantage of the agglomeration economy and reduce the crowding effect, while small and medium-sized cities should focus on the factors contributing to general well-being, such as social equality, public services, ecological environment.
苏红键. 城市规模与城市福祉：效应、评价及发展导向[J]. 《深圳大学学报》（人文社科版）, 2021, 38(4): 116-124.
SU Hong-jian. City Size and Urban Well-being：Effect,Evaluation and its Reference for Urban Development. , 2021, 38(4): 116-124.
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