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Investigating Quality of Urban Life

Part of the Social Indicators Research Series Book Series (volume 45)

Editors: Marans, Robert W.; Stimson, Robert J.

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1742-8

ISBN: 978-94-007-1741-1

Publisher: Springer Netherlands - Springer Journals

Aug 2, 2011

11 - 19 of 19 Chapters

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The Quality of Life in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Neighborhood Quality as a Major Component of Residential Satisfaction

Mridha, Abul Mukim Mozammel Haque; Moore, Gary T.

Pages: 251 –272

[Quality of life and the quality of the urban environment throughout the world are issues of concern for researchers as well as planners, policy makers, and urban residents. The chapter explores the quality of life (QOL) in six major residential areas in Dhaka, Bangladesh, as part of a citywide...
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The Salzburg Quality of Urban Life Study with GIS Support

Keul, Alexander G.; Prinz, Thomas

Pages: 273 –293

[The chapter describes a two-part study that uses household surveys and GIS technology to examine aspects of quality of urban life in Salzburg, Austria. In the first part, a 1-km2 test area of the city was selected and within it, 55 ha grid cells containing at least 30 residents were identified....
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Subjective Quality of Life in Queensland: Comparing Metropolitan, Regional and Rural Areas

McCrea, Rod; Western, Mark; Shyy, Tung-Kai

Pages: 295 –313

[The chapter provides a comparison of the subjective assessment of quality of life (QOL) across different scales of urban communities in Queensland, Australia. Univariate and multivariate analyses of survey data relating to respondents’ assessments of four main attributes of urban environments...
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Comparing Urban and Rural Quality of Life in the State of Washington

Messer, Benjamin L.; Dillman, Don A.

Pages: 315 –343

[In the USA, Washington is a highly urbanized state with about three quarters of its population residing in just seven of thirty-nine counties. In the 1970s, urban residents were less satisfied with their quality of community life (QOL) compared to residents in rural communities. This presented...
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Modeling Determinants of Subjective QOUL at Different Geographic Scales: The Case of the Brisbane-SEQ Region

McCrea, Rod; Western, John; Stimson, Robert

Pages: 347 –367

[Using survey data collected from households living in the Brisbane South East Queensland region, a rapidly growing metropolis in Australia, path analysis is used to test links between urban residents’ assessment of various urban attributes and their level of satisfaction in three urban domains:...
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Disaggregating the Measurement of Quality of Urban Life Dimensions Across a Complex Metro Region: The Case of Metro Detroit

Kweon, Byoung-Suk; Marans, Robert W.

Pages: 369 –384

[Quality of life (QOL) is influenced by multiple socioeconomic, psychological, and geographical factors. Earlier research has demonstrated that relationships exist between selected socioeconomic, demographic, and psychological factors and QOL. However, the influence of geographic factors on QOL...
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A Spatial Clustering Approach Analyzing Types of Objective Quality of Urban Life Using Spatial Data for Survey Respondents: South East Queensland, Australia

McCrea, Rod

Pages: 385 –403

[This chapter shows how an integrated approach using spatial objective data and subjective survey data can be used to develop a statistical model analyzing objective quality of urban life (QOUL). Ten broad dimensions of the urban environment are identified, four relating to the physical...
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Using GIS to Derive Region-Wide Patterns of Quality of Urban Life Dimensions: Illustrated with Data from the Brisbane-SEQ Region

Chhetri, Prem; Stimson, Robert; Western, John

Pages: 405 –434

[The chapter demonstrates how statistical analysis and GIS tools are used to derive spatially generalized patterns of subjective assessments of aspects of QOL dimensions. Data collected in the 2003 Brisbane-Southeast Queensland (SEQ) QOL survey are used in the analysis. One approach demonstrates...
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Challenges for Quality of Urban Life Research

Marans, Robert W.; Stimson, Robert

Pages: 437 –444

[This concluding chapter reviews the goals for the book and the approach taken in achieving them. A key goal is providing a comprehensive review of alternative approaches to measuring, analyzing, and using quality of urban life (QOUL) research. The approach has been to accomplish this from a...

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