Climate, greenhouse warming and the quality of life
Bioclimatology ; Climatic variation ; Climatic warming ; Environment ; Global change ; Greenhouse effect ; Quality of life
The A. starts with the question of the atmospheric environment and quality of life and then studies the quality of climate and population response. He concludes with the implications of climate change for both environmental quality and quality
Urban municipalities versus rural municipalities - selected aspects of quality of life in Slovakia
Living standard ; Population distribution ; Quality of life ; Regional disparities ; Rural parish ; Slovak Republic ; Township
Quality of life is judges by means of a wide spectre of indicators, for example connected with the quantity and quality of local and their material level of lifequality. It is supposes the socialist history could be assessed as the most important
element with the negative impact on the great differences in quality of life between inhabitants of urban and rural municipalities. Urban municipalities represent the peripheral ones. The aim of this study is to describe, analyse, and compare
the population structures and material level of lifequality in urban and rural municipalities aggregated into eight administrative regions. Regional aggregation allows us to identify and then to explain the relevant regional differences in Slovakia according
to selected aspects of lifequality in urban and rural municipalities. - (BJ)
A multivariate analysis of the determinants of urban quality of life in the world's largest metropolitan areas
Index ; Large city ; Multivariate analysis ; Quality of life ; Urban life ; Well-being ; World
The urban living standard index of the Population Crisis Committee, based on 10 indicators of urban quality of life for the 98 largest cities of the world, is used here to create three groups of cities. The discriminant analysis technique is applied
The impact of tourism on subjective quality of life among Hungarian population
Hungary ; Impact ; Journey ; Quality of life ; Satisfaction ; Tourism ; Well-being
The study presents the effect of tourism on the subjective quality of life and describes the role of Hungarian population’s travelling in happiness generation. A special emphasis is addressed to the general linkage between travels and overall life
South Eastern Europe : discussing quality of life indicators
Comparative study ; Eastern Europe ; Europe ; European Union ; Indicator ; Living conditions ; Living standard ; Quality of life ; Regional disparities ; Sustainable development
Quality of life is the substance of sustainable development. The paper discusses the quality of life-level in the region compared to that in European Union countries and tries to point out the main weak areas and discrepancies. The analysis is based
on six fields on inquiry : economy, education, health, housing, environment and socio-political environment. Demographic and other statistical data are taken from official publications. The analysis shows that SEE countries have lower quality of life
Towards contextualizing urban environmental quality in the SADC region
Africa ; Air quality ; Environment ; Environmental management ; Living standard ; Nuisance ; Pollution ; Quality of life ; Southern Africa ; Urban environment ; Water quality
A preliminary survey of urban environmental quality in the Southern African Development Community region is presented. A model is presented for monitoring the temporal dynamics in environmental quality in relation to the assumed drivers of change
Perception of quality of life in Brno housing estates
Block of flats ; Brno ; Czech Republic ; Housing ; Housing estate ; Perception ; Quality of life ; Residential environment ; Urban geography
The main goal of the paper is to introduce and discuss the ways of perceiving the quality of life on selected housing estates of Brno City. At a general level AA. focus on the significance of this kind of research and the factors influencing the way
housing estates and living there are perceived in the Czech Republic. The results of the research on three Brno housing estates imply that the external image of quality of life on a housing estate can be rather different from the feelings and opinions
Quality of life in urban-classified and rural-classified English local authority areas
Indicator ; Local government unit ; Policy ; Quality of life ; Rural area ; Sustainable development ; United Kingdom ; Urban area
a lower quality of life than their rural counterparts. Community and economy-related indicators serve to distinguish the reported quality-of-life conditions of rural and urban localities most.
La Dolce Vita : Hedonic estimates of quality of life in Italian cities
Hedonistic model ; Household ; Housing market ; Italy ; Labour market ; Local amenities ; Quality of life ; Social geography ; Urban area
This paper investigates quality of life in Italian cities using the hedonic approach. It analyses micro-level data for housing and labour markets to estimate compensating differentials for local amenities within four domains: weather, environment
, services and society. Large compensating differentials in housing markets are found, whereas the effects on wages are relatively small. Quality of life varies substantially across space and is generally better in large and medium-sized cities of the Centre
–North. Services and social conditions are strongly related to overall quality of life. It is also found that, across cities, quality of life is positively and significantly related to subjective well-being.
Non-metric conceptual clustering : a new tool for investigating urban quality of life
Algorithm ; Bellingham ; Classification ; Cluster analysis ; Factor analysis ; Model ; Quality of life ; United States of America ; Urban district ; Washington State