Urban health indicator (UHI) tools provide evidence about the health impacts of the physical
urban environment which can be used in built environment policy and decision-making …

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 …

Smart cities attract considerable attention from academics and urban planners mainly in the
context of urban development policies. Based on technological innovations, smart cities are …

Urban planning is a key component of livability and plays a significant role in making cities
more livable. Despite the impact the urban environment has on livability, a comprehensive …

Walkability has been linked to quality of life in many ways. Health related benefits of physical
exercise, the accessibility and access benefits of being able to walk to obtain some of your …

Urban green spaces and their role in the quality of life of residents have been studied across
multiple disciplines, based on empirical measurements or qualitative studies–however, the …

This article has examined the role of environmental conditions and purchasing power parity
in deciding the quality of life among big Asian cities. The study has constructed an index for …

M orrison PS Local expressions of subjective well-being: the New Zealand experience,
Regional Studies. Students of regional science have been preoccupied with economic …

Efforts to measure social and community sustainability confront a series of methodological
dilemmas. We present four key distinctions that tend to orient such efforts: between objective …

The subject of urban quality of life and the promotion of its concept in particular, has always
been the central focus of urban designers. This term is a multi-conceptual and dimensions …