An overview of quality of urban life

RW Marans, R Stimson - Investigating quality of urban life: Theory …, 2011 - Springer
There is a long history of quality of life (QOL) studies based on two distinctive analytical
approaches. One covers objective indicators involving the analysis of spatially aggregated …

Assessment and determinants of the quality of life in Portuguese cities

AP Barreira, C Amado, S Santos… - International …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The quality of life (QoL) in cities has increasingly been used as a symbol of urban success.
Studies addressing this issue tend to focus, however, on large cities and/or on cities from …

Satisfied residents in different types of local areas: Measuring what's most important

R McCrea, TK Shyy, RJ Stimson - Social indicators research, 2014 - Springer
In efforts to enhance subjective urban quality of life (QOL), most empirical research focuses
on measuring satisfaction. However, other research suggests most residents are satisfied …

Subjective measurement of quality of life using primary data collection and the analysis of survey data

R McCrea, RW Marans, R Stimson… - Investigating quality of …, 2011 - Springer
The subjective analysis of quality of life (QOL) was first systematized in the 1960s through
the use of large-scale sample survey designs in which extensive data were collected on …

Instrumento de medición del Índice de Calidad de Vida Urbana: Barrios Urbano Marginales, Perú

AV Cisneros, LP Villafuerte… - Revista de ciencias …, 2020 - dialnet.unirioja.es
El lugar físico donde se asientan los grupos de personas puede influir directamente en su
calidad de vida, lo que evidencia la importancia de las condiciones físicas del lugar para el …

Urban performance based on biometeorology index in high-density, hot, and humid cities

B Paramita, HE Kusuma, A Matzarakis - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
This article aims to discuss urban performance based on the biometeorology of eight dense
cities in Indonesia (ie, Jakarta, Bandung, Medan, Padang, Pontianak, Banjarmasin …

Enhancing infrastructural dynamic responses to critical residents' needs for urban resilience through machine learning and hypernetwork analysis

Z Zhao, X Zhou, Y Zheng, T Meng, D Fang - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
The increasing frequency of extreme weather events poses ever greater challenges to urban
resilience and residents' quality of life. Despite a growing trend advocating for an …

Home sweet home! Does moving have (lasting) effects on housing satisfaction?

T Wolbring - Journal of Happiness Studies, 2017 - Springer
Previous research has found that moving has lasting effects on housing satisfaction while
adaptation to changing living environments is surprisingly absent from this research. This …

The evolution of integrative approaches to the analysis of quality of urban life

R McCrea, R Stimson, RW Marans - … quality of urban life: theory, methods …, 2011 - Springer
The focus in the chapter is on modeling relationships between attributes of urban
environments and peoples' subjective evaluations of QOL/QOUL at different levels of scale …

Modeling quality of urban life using a geospatial approach

H Merschdorf, ME Hodgson, T Blaschke - Urban Science, 2020 - mdpi.com
The rapid global urbanization of the past century poses several challenges for planners and
policy makers. In particular, the conflation of social and urban issues must be understood to …