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Urban quality of life: a systematic literature review.
1. Introduction
3.1. slr results: assessment of quality and relevance of the studies, 3.2. the urban quality of life (qol) concept.
- Objective urban QoL is related to universal metrics expressed and understood by the individuals of a society–the exogenous living conditions.
- Subjective urban QoL is related to the endogenous perception of these living conditions (level of satisfaction).
4. Discussion
4.1. existing models to assess urban quality of life (qol), 4.2. urban quality of life (qol) indicators.
- Urban services: solid waste, water and sanitation, energy, telecommunications and innovation, health, and education.
- Economy: employment, cost of living, and economic and tourist activities.
- Culture and recreation: green areas, opportunities to take part in leisure, sports, and cultural activities.
- Urban mobility: means of transport and ease of displacement.
- Conviviality: respect and coexistence between people, and participation in community activities.
- Security: safety, crime, policing, and public lighting.
- Environmental comfort: noise and air pollution, climate comfort, cleanliness, and wastewater.
5. Conclusions
- Objective urban QoL is related to universal metrics understood by the individuals of a society (e.g., exogenous living conditions).
- Subjective urban QoL is related to the endogenous perception of these living conditions by people (e.g., level of satisfaction).
Author Contributions
Data availability statement, acknowledgments, conflicts of interest.
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| Studies | Focus | (A) | (B) | (C) | (D) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abbate et al. [ ] | Urban services (QoL) | medium | high | high | medium |
| 2 | Alibegović and Villa [ ] | Environmental; Economic; Governance; Management | high | medium | high | medium |
| 3 | Archibugi [ ] | City effect point of view (positive/negatives categories) | high | high | low | medium |
| 4 | Bagstad and Shammin [ ] | Sustainability indicators: The economy; Environmental; Social | low | low | low | low |
| 5 | Berhe et al. [ ] | Housing; Access to public services; and Family income (resignation/dissonance) | high | high | high | high |
| 6 | Bielinskas et al. [ ] | Economic; Social; Physical; Environmental | high | medium | high | medium |
| 7 | Coulton and Korbin [ ] | Local indicators (child well-being); Subjective indicators | medium | medium | medium | medium |
| 8 | Gomes et al. [ ] | QoL: objectives and subjective indicators | high | high | high | high |
| 9 | Hernández Aja [ ] | Urban QoL: Environmental quality; Wellness; Identity | high | medium | high | medium |
| 10 | Kaklauskas et al. [ ] | Sustainability indicators (QoL): Economic; Environmental; Social | high | medium | low | medium |
| 11 | Labonte et al. [ ] | Subjective indicators | low | medium | medium | low |
| 12 | Marsal-Llacuna [ ] | ISO 37120 + Subjective indicators | medium | medium | medium | medium |
| 13 | Martínez [ ] | Inequality aspects: QoL conditions and distributions of opportunities | high | high | high | high |
| 14 | Martinez-Baldares and Cordero-Montero [ ] | Urban indicators; Integral density centralities | medium | low | low | low |
| 15 | McAslan et al. [ ] | Objective indicators; Subjective indicators (satisfaction surveys) | high | high | high | high |
| 16 | Mohamed et al. [ ] | Urban indicators on an agricultural road | low | low | low | low |
| 17 | Oliveira et al. [ ] | Crime | low | low | low | low |
| 18 | Páramo et al. [ ] | UN: The economy; Environmental; Social | medium | medium | medium | medium |
| 19 | Piovano and Mesa [ ] | Access to sunlight | low | low | low | low |
| 20 | Santos and Martins [ ] | QoL: quantitative and qualitative approach | medium | high | high | medium |
| 21 | Sawicki and Flynn [ ] | Local indicators | high | high | high | high |
| 22 | Sharifianpur and Faryadi [ ] | Environmental quality | low | low | low | low |
| 23 | Siche et al. [ ] | Discussion: index and indicator | low | low | low | low |
| 24 | Tovar and Bourdeau-Lepage [ ] | Well-being | medium | high | medium | medium |
| 25 | Vaca Ruiz et al. [ ] | The economy | low | low | low | low |
| 26 | Van Herzele and Wiedemann [ ] | Accessibility; Attractive (green spaces) | high | medium | medium | medium |
| Studies | QoL Concept | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abbate et al. [ ] | “QoL refers to two interconnected concepts: the relationship between material and non-material aspects of welfare and the tie between the individual and collective life conditions” |
| 5 | Berhe et al. [ ] | QoL combines both objective living conditions (existent secondary data) and the subjective perception of living conditions (people’s satisfaction) |
| 8 | Gomes et al. [ ] | QoL was assumed in this study to be “as an individual perception of the socio-territorial contexts, evaluating quantitatively or qualitatively aspects of a subjective or objective nature which, from a perspective of territorial analysis, is expected to encompass the individual or collective manifestation of preferences and behaviours revealed in the presence of the intrinsic characteristics of the place” |
| 9 | Hernández Aja [ ] | QoL introduces environmental aspects into the intersection with human needs. The quality of urban life is the embodiment of QoL in the urban space, which can be considered to be a social construction formed by three basic dimensions: environmental quality, well-being (individual satisfaction), and identity (appropriation and participation) |
| 11 | Labonte et al. [ ] | The study makes a brief review of urban QoL, highlighting the importance of the identification of well-being across urban space, especially by analysing social phenomena and the attractiveness of the places, aiming to give feedback to urban policies |
| Main Urban QoL Concepts | |
|---|---|
| Urban quality of life | Material and non-material aspects |
| Individual and collective life conditions | |
| Objective and subjective dimension | |
| Objective dimension of urban QoL | Exogenous facts of a person’s life |
| External conditions | |
| Objective measurement/universal metrics | |
| Subjective dimension of urban QoL | Endogenous individuals’ perceptions |
| Internal mechanisms | |
| Subjective measurement/people’s satisfaction | |
| Welfare Types | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Objective Living Conditions | |||
| Good | Bad | ||
| Subjective perception of living conditions | Good | Well-being | Resignation |
| (consistent welfare type) | (satisfaction paradox) | ||
| Bad | Dissonance | Deprivation | |
| (dissatisfaction dilemma) | (consistent welfare type) | ||
| Studies | QoL Evaluation Methods | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abbate et al. [ ] * | A model to evaluate the quality of services, measuring the judgement of the citizen of the main services (Palermo, Italy) |
| 2 | Alibegović and De Villa [ ] * | Focused on the European urban environment, 55 indicators for 51 European cities |
| 3 | Archibugi [ ] * | A model (indicators framework) to evaluate the QoL in France, Germany, UK, and Italy (comparable indicators) |
| 4 | Bagstad and Shammin [ ] | Secondary data analysis (1990–2005) of the state of Ohio, USA (Sustainability indicators: Economic; Environmental; Social) |
| 5 | Berhe et al. [ ] * | A mixed method approach for the city of Mekelle, Ethiopia, to measure objective and subjective QoL and to understand the divergence between them (adaptation and dissonance) |
| 6 | Bielinskas et al. [ ] | Evaluation tool: Analysis of 20 neighbourhoods based on the 18 criteria that influence the perception of QoL by citizens (Lithuania) |
| 7 | Coulton and Korbin [ ] | Child well-being at the level of the neighbourhood; the importance of considering both objective and subjective indicators was highlighted |
| 8 | Gomes et al. [ ] | QoL concept definition for future application in Portugal: selection of social indicators to understand the perception of QoL from the perspective of residents |
| 9 | Hernández Aja [ ] * | Analysis of existing indicators in Spain and proposal for new indicators |
| 10 | Kaklauskas et al. [ ] | Analysis of comparable data from the 2012–2016 QoL surveys in European Cities |
| 11 | Labonte et al. [ ] * | Comparative intra-urban QoL research in Saskatoon, Canada: social/subjective indicators |
| 12 | Marsal-Llacuna [ ] * | Proposal to include 10 socio-cultural indicators in ISO 37120 |
| 13 | Martínez [ ] * | A framework on how to formulate indicators and proposes interesting cross-analyses considering self-expressed needs |
| 14 | Martinez-Baldares and Cordero-Montero [ ] | Urban indicators at regional level. No case study/implementation. Lack of accuracy and specificity |
| 15 | McAslan et al. [ ] * | QoL assessment: Collection of objective and subjective data in eight US–Mexico border cities with an index based on economic, social, and environmental indicators and assessments of happiness (satisfaction) and social well-being |
| 16 | Mohamed et al. [ ] | Proposed indicators to assess QoL. Method is not clear |
| 17 | Oliveira et al. [ ] | A method to assess the spatial concentration of crime (secondary data from US and UK). Lack of accuracy and specificity |
| 18 | Páramo et al. [ ] * | A framework that integrates quantitative and qualitative indicators to assess the quality of the public space (based on data available on the web). However, it does not contribute in an innovative way to their implementation |
| 19 | Piovano and Mesa [ ] | Despite presenting urban indicators as keywords, this study is not about urban indicators, but rather amounts of sunlight. Lack of transparency, accuracy, and specificity |
| 20 | Santos and Martins [ ] * | QoL monitoring system: quantitative (statistical indicators) and qualitative (based on citizens’ perception of QoL) approaches |
| 21 | Sawicki and Flynn [ ] * | Discussion on the importance of measuring neighbourhood indicators: local scale, participatory process, and people’s perception |
| 22 | Sharifianpur and Faryadi [ ] * | Urban environmental quality evaluation model in the city of Isfahan |
| 23 | Siche et al. [ ] | Discussion about the meaning of the words index and indicator and of sustainability |
| 24 | Tovar and Bourdeau-Lepage [ ] * | Proposal for a well-being indicator to identify socio-spatial differences between cities. Lack of precision |
| 25 | Vaca Ruiz et al. [ ] | Proposed indicators to predict the economic capital of cities. Outdated economic indicators; argues that it is cheaper to estimate from data extracted from social media (than from a census) |
| 26 | Van Herzele and Wiedemann [ ] * | Secondary data analysis (maps, existing surveys), accessibility assessment (ArcView 3.2 GIS-model software distances and barriers); evaluation of attractiveness (map and field observation—subjective). No interviews/questionnaires with users |
| Theme | Main Indicators | Core Indicator | Supporting Indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Economy | City’s unemployment rate | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Education | Percentage of female school-aged population enrolled in schools | 4 | 2 |
| Percentage of students completing primary/secondary education | ||||
| 3 | Energy | Total end-use energy consumption per capita (GJ/year) | 5 | 2 |
| Percentage of total end-use energy derived from renewable sources | ||||
| 4 | Environment and | Fine Particulate/Particulate Matter (PM2.5/PM10) concentration | 3 | 6 |
| climate change | Greenhouse gas emissions measured in tonnes per capita | |||
| 5 | Finance | Debt service ratio | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Governance | Women as a percentage of the total elected to city-level office | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Health | Average life expectancy | 4 | 2 |
| Number of inpatient hospital beds per 100,000 population | ||||
| Suicide rate per 100,000 population | ||||
| 8 | Housing | Percentage of city population living in inadequate housing | 2 | 2 |
| Percentage of population living in affordable housing | ||||
| 9 | Population and social conditions | Percentage of city population living below the international poverty line | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Recreation | Square meters of public indoor/outdoor recreation space per capita | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Safety | Number of firefighters/police officers/homicides per 100,000 population | 5 | 5 |
| 12 | Solid waste | Percentage of city population with regular solid waste collection | 5 | 5 |
| Percentage of the city’s solid waste that is recycled | ||||
| 13 | Sport and culture | Number of cultural institutions and sporting facilities per 100,000 population | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Telecommunication | Number of internet/mobile phone connections per 100,000 population | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Transportation | Kilometres of public transport system per 100,000 population | 2 | 5 |
| Annual number of public transport trips per capita | ||||
| 16 | Urban/local agriculture and food security | Total urban agricultural area per 100,000 population | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Urban planning | Green area (hectares) per 100,000 population | 1 | 3 |
| Jobs/housing ratio | ||||
| 18 | Wastewater | Percentage of city population served by wastewater collection | 3 | 1 |
| Percentage of the city’s wastewater receiving centralized treatment | ||||
| 19 | Water | Percentage of city population with potable water supply service | 4 | 3 |
| Total domestic water consumption per capita (litres/day) | ||||
| Average annual hours of water service interruptions per household | ||||
| Total | 45 | 59 | ||
| Studies | QoL Themes | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abbate et al. [ ] | Urban services (QoL): Environment; Education and cultural activities; Social activities; Public transportation |
| 2 | Alibegović and De Villa [ ] | Environmental indicators; Economic indicators; Governance and Management indicators |
| 3 | Archibugi [ ] | City effect indicators: Economy; Social–cultural diversity; Public service; Education; Subjective contentment/degree of satisfaction; Environment; Housing |
| 4 | Bagstad and Shammin [ ] | Sustainability indicators: Economic; Environmental; Social |
| 5 | Berhe et al. [ ] | Housing; Public services; Adequate family income |
| 6 | Bielinskas et al. [ ] | Economic; Social; Physical; Environmental |
| 7 | Coulton and Korbin [ ] | Local indicators (child well-being) and subjective indicators |
| 8 | Gomes et al. [ ] | Housing; transportation; leisure, media, and culture; social and political participation; education; working conditions; income, health; environment; public safety and total life situation |
| 9 | Hernández Aja [ ] | Economic indicators; Environmental indicators; Social indicators; Urban indicators |
| 11 | Labonte et al. [ ] | Cluster analysis; Subjective indicators; Social Cohesion; Satisfaction: External Structures, Personal Relationships, and Neighbourhood |
| 12 | Marsal-Llacuna [ ] | No. of NGOs dedicated to solidarity per 100,000 inhabitants; % of municipal budget providing means to different beliefs, to cultural activities, and to vulnerable groups (disabled, children, and the elderly); % surface in municipal buildings for citizens to perform civic activities; existence of a “citizens’ inbox”; % of adult population enrolled in training and educational programs; % of population suffering from malnutrition; Transparency of the municipal budget |
| 13 | Martínez [ ] | Conditions of QoL; Accessibility |
| 15 | McAslan et al. [ ] | Objective indicators of QoL: population, economy, education, health, housing, and public safety. Subjective indicators of QoL: personal quality of life (overall satisfaction) |
| 18 | Páramo et al. [ ] | Environmental Quality; Urban Mobility; Public Services; Culture; Public Safety, Government Dynamics; Social Dynamics; Economy; Infrastructure |
| 20 | Santos and Martins [ ] | Objective indicators/Quantitative assessment (data): Environmental Conditions; Collective Material Conditions; Economic Conditions; Social Dimensions and the Participation of Citizens. Subjective indicators/Qualitative assessment (open questions) |
| 21 | Sawicki and Flynn [ ] | No. of supermarkets, public housing units, employers, jobs, libraries, public elementary schools, and police precincts; Distance to the core of downtown and mayor employment centres; No. of infant deaths |
| 22 | Sharifianpur and Faryadi [ ] | Environment; Health, Safety; Education; Economy; Urban Facilities; Transportation; Housing; Culture, Art, Recreation |
| 24 | Tovar and Bourdeau-Lepage [ ] | Well-being as freedom: education, social environment, and urban mobility. Choice of freedom: proportion of the population that has the right to vote. Well-being as realisations: income, housing conditions, and employment |
| 26 | Van Herzele and Wiedemann [ ] | Parameters for evaluation of the attractiveness of urban green spaces: spaces; culture and history; quietness; facilities |
| Dimensions | Indicators | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Economy | (14/15) | Unemployment rate |
| Income | |||
| Retail sale area per capita | |||
| 2 | Education | (12/15) | Number of schools |
| Percentage of school-aged population enrolled in school | |||
| 3 | Governance | (12/15) | Voter participation |
| Number of formal spaces for popular participation | |||
| 4 | Transportation | (11/15) | Public transportation availability |
| Travel time | |||
| 5 | Health | (11/15) | Access to health centres (in meters) |
| Infant mortality | |||
| 6 | Urban planning | (10/15) | Accessibility to green areas |
| Heritage conservation | |||
| Urban space quality (existence of urban facilities/equipment) | |||
| 7 | Shelter/Housing | (10/15) | Housing affordability |
| Housing conditions | |||
| Housing overcrowding | |||
| 8 | Culture | (9/15) | Number of free cultural events |
| Number of cultural facilities | |||
| 9 | Environment | (8/15) | Air quality |
| Noise pollution | |||
| 10 | Safety | (8/15) | Crime rates |
| QoL Dimensions | Urban QoL Indicators | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Urban services | Solid waste collection |
| Water supply | ||
| Electricity supply | ||
| Internet services | ||
| Health-related services (hospitals, health centres, etc.) | ||
| Education services (schools, nurseries, universities, etc.) | ||
| 2. | Economy | Employment opportunities |
| Cost of living (expenses on housing, food, etc.) | ||
| Existence of professional courses (computers, crafts, hairdressing, etc.) | ||
| Access to credit (facilitated payment terms in shops and commerce) | ||
| Variety of commercial and service establishments (markets, shops, restaurants, banks, post office, etc.) | ||
| Existence of tourist activities | ||
| 3. | Culture and recreation | Number of green areas and parks |
| Quality and maintenance of green areas and parks | ||
| Existence of places to take part in outdoor sports | ||
| Existence of places for cultural activities (artistic events, museums, theatres, cinemas) | ||
| Opportunities to take part in free cultural and artistic events | ||
| Conservation of historical, artistic, and cultural heritage (buildings, houses, and public spaces) | ||
| 4. | Urban mobility | Quality of public transport (comfort) |
| Availability of public transport (number of lines and itineraries) | ||
| Ease of going from one’s house to other parts of the city (workplace, study, friends’ houses, etc.) | ||
| Ease of displacement on foot (to carry out daily activities) | ||
| Quality and location of cycle paths | ||
| Existence of tourist activities | ||
| 5. | Conviviality | Conviviality and interaction with neighbours |
| Conviviality and interaction with homeless people | ||
| Opportunities to participate in the decisions of your own building | ||
| Opportunities to participate in community activities (associations, artistic and religious groups, etc.) | ||
| Respect for cultural, sexual, religious, and political differences | ||
| Identification with the neighbourhood and people’s pride in living in it | ||
| 6. | Security | Feeling of security in public places (pavement, street, etc.) |
| Feeling of security when accessing one’s building during the day | ||
| Feeling of security when accessing one’s building at night | ||
| Safety for children and teenagers to experience the neighbourhood (walking, playing, etc.) | ||
| Quality of policing | ||
| Quality of public lighting (sidewalks, streets, parks, etc.) | ||
| 7. | Environmental comfort | Noise pollution |
| Air pollution (feeling when breathing) | ||
| Existence of trees on the pavements and in the parks (climate comfort) | ||
| Cleanliness of public spaces (pavements, streets, parks, etc.) | ||
| Drainage and sewage system (floods/odours) | ||
| View from one’s apartment window to the outside space (street/courtyard) | ||
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This paper studies quality of life (QOL) in urban environment. The term environment has been used in broader sense, which includes physical, social and economic environment. A framework has been proposed which posits that QOL comprises objective condition of living and satisfaction from such living condition constitutes QOL. Such objective condition refers to objective QOL and satisfaction refers to subjective QOL. Dimension of QOL has been found to be multi dimensional. It has been found that both objective and subjective condition is important dimension of QOL. But correlation between objective and subjective QOL has been found not to be high. At the same time it has been found that satisfaction from condition of traffic is the lowest among all satisfaction variables.
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Urban quality of life (UQoL)—a complex and multidimensional concept—is currently widely used but has no universally accepted definition. ... Urban quality of life: a case study of guwahati. Soc. Indicat. Res. (2008) E.D. Diener et al. Measuring quality of life: economic, social, and subjective indicators. Soc. Indicat. Res. (1997) A.G ...
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This research studies Guwahati city, the gateway connecting the North-Eastern states of India. This city is also the largest in North-East and is a major economic hub attracting
SMART CITY EXPO WORLD CONGRESS 2015. Date: May2015. INDIAN CITIES TOWARDS SMARTNESS: A CASE STU DY OF GUWAHATI CITY. Asha Kaushik*, Mani Dhingra*, Manoj Kumar Singh*, Jyoti K. Parikh*. *Integrated ...
Urban quality of life (UQoL)—a complex and multidimensional concept—is currently widely used but has no universally accepted definition. ... Urban quality of life: a case study of guwahati. Soc. Indicat. Res., 88 (2) (2008), pp. 297-310, 10.1007/sl 1205-007-9191-6. View in Scopus Google Scholar. Diener and Suh, 1997. E.D. Diener, E. Suh ...
The management of urban development is theoretically conceived as tackling the growth process of urban area in a planned and positive manner and making provision for infrastructure. It also has a pragmatic attribute of new realism of utilising potential capa-bilities of cities. It is a multi-dimensional aspect.
Guwahati city, a case study from North East India ... Recommendations and consultations led to the inclusion of more perception-based questions such as a change in the quality of the environmental parameters (air, water, tree cover etc.) as a means of capturing the exposure of the communities. ... He, Y., Yang, X., 2017. Assessment of ...
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Das D (2008) Urban quality of life: a case study of Guwahati. Soc Indic Res 88:297-310. Article Google Scholar Dewan AM (2013) Floods in a megacity: geospatial techniques in assessing hazards, risk and vulnerability. ... (2004) Using remote sensing and geographic information systems to study urban quality of life and urban forest amenities ...
This study explores life quality in the living environment. It places QOL as the central focus while taking into account the interaction between man and their urban environment. In this study, environment refers to a local urban environment where people are living. Such urban environment is human built having high pressure of population. The ...
Extended Abstract Introduction Assessing quality of environment in urban patterns is an important and necessary issue in identifying quality condition of environment in old patterns of cities and making efforts to improve it as well as offering appropriate models for environmental quality for new developments which are formed through recognition and application of pre-planned designs and ...
Urban Flood- a Case Study of Guwahati City, Kamrup (Metropolitan), Assam ... The psychological effects of loss of life, displacement, and property damage can be long lasting. The prone area in the city. If the Bharalu River fails to drain rainwater, the entire drainage system of the city collapses. Usually, low laying residential and commercial ...
This paper studies quality of life (QOL) in urban environment. The term environment has been used in broader sense, which includes physical, social and economic environment. A framework has been proposed which posits that QOL comprises objective condition of living and satisfaction from such living condition constitutes QOL. Such objective condition refers to objective QOL and satisfaction ...