ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Environmental Health and Exposome
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1661100
This article is part of the Research TopicExtended Mind for the Design of Human EnvironmentView all 16 articles
How does urban amenity affect willingness of college youth to stay in the city? -- Empirical evidence from Chinese first-tier cities
Provisionally accepted
Zhao-Wang Chen1
Jun-Na Liu2*- 1Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
- 2University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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For countries in the process of transition from a traditional economy to a knowledge-based and innovative economy, talent is the key to ensure the success of the transition. As the main source of talents, youth in colleges are the foundation and important driving force of social and economic development, and their willingness to stay in the city is of great significance to the development of the city. Previous studies have shown that urban amenity is the attraction of the city to talents, and this study aims at exploring the impact of urban amenity on the willingness of youth in colleges to stay in the city. First, based on the scientific scale development process, we developed the urban amenity scale based on the subjective evaluation of urban residents. Second, through questionnaire survey, the developed scale was used to verify the positive impact of urban amenity on the willingness of youth in colleges to stay in the city. Finally, the differentiated impact of different dimensions of urban amenity on the willingness of youth in college to stay in the city were identified.
Keywords: Urban amenity, youth in colleges, Talents, willingness to stay in the city, scale of urbanamenity
Received: 07 Jul 2025; Accepted: 29 Sep 2025.
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* Correspondence: Jun-Na Liu, 1768211847@qq.com
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