Sustainable urban liveability: A practical proposal based on a composite indicator

B Valcárcel-Aguiar, P Murias, D Rodríguez-González - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
This article presents a proposal for a composite index to assess the degree of sustainable
urban liveability. It makes two key contributions to this field of study. The first is a proposal for …

Assessing quality of life inequalities. A geographical approach

A Faka - ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study proposes an integrated methodology for evaluating and mapping quality of life
(QoL) and the quality of a place as residence area, at local level. The QoL assessment was …

Urban quality of life: Spatial Modeling and indexing in Athens metropolitan area, Greece

A Faka, K Kalogeropoulos, T Maloutas… - … International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this study is to assess and visualize the Quality of Life provided by urban
space as a place of residence. The proposed methodology, after its theoretical …

Spatial variability and clustering of quality of life at local level: A geographical analysis in Athens, Greece

A Faka, K Kalogeropoulos, T Maloutas… - … International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a geographical analysis to evaluate urban quality of life in Athens,
Greece, and investigate spatial heterogeneity and potential clustering. The urban …

[PDF][PDF] A GIS based estimation of quality of life in italian regions

A Leogrande, A Saponaro, A Massaro… - American Journal of …, 2020 - ajhssr.com
In this article we build a new socio-economic indicator able to put toghether a series of
variables from ISTAT-BES that are used to evaluate the level of economic, environmental …

Linking people's mobility and place livability: Implications for rural communities

X Zhang - Economic Development Quarterly, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This study integrates life-course theory and mobility research to explore livability factors that
attract migrants in different age groups between rural and urban counties in the United …

Evaluation and management of urban liveability: A goal programming based composite indicator

B Valcárcel-Aguiar, P Murias - Social indicators research, 2019 - Springer
This paper proposes a composite indicator intended to assess the degree of liveability
provided by urban areas. This synthetic index makes two essential contributions to previous …

How urban growth dynamics impact the air quality? A case of eight Indian metropolitan cities

GK Sharma, VV Ghuge - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Air pollution is a matter of great significance that confronts the sustainable progress of urban
areas. Against India's swift urbanization, several urban areas exhibit the coexistence of …

Community participation as a premise for hangwurian city development in North Central Nigeria

S Medayese, HH Magidimisha-Chipungu, L Chipungu - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Abstract The Hangwurian City Development Model evolved to create a linkage within the
concepts of environmental awareness, urban governance, and management. Others are …

Incorporating innovation metrics in urban indices: the Sustain-LED Index

GU Cantafio, S Ryan - Regional Studies, Regional Science, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This study explores a tool used to assess economic development, technological innovation,
environmental sustainability and liveability in urban areas. The research employs qualitative …