Possibilities and Limitations for the Measurement of the Quality of Life in Urban Areas

Recently, quality of life has become a commonly used concept and is showing growing significance in economic and political terms. Additionally, quality of life issues have been recognized within the migration processes. In one view, quality of life relates to the degree to which the necessary condit...

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Published in:Social indicators research 2001-02, Vol.53 (2), p.163-187
Main Authors: Türksever, A. Nilay Evcil, Atalik, Gündüz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case studies
Climate change
Climate change adaptation
Climate models
Comparative analysis
Consumption
Cost of living
Definitions
Economic Factors
Environmental quality
History, theory and methodology
Housing conditions
Individualized Instruction
Istanbul, Turkey
Measurement
Methodological Problems
Methodology
Methodology (Data Analysis)
Metropolitan Areas
Migrants
Migration
Perception
Perceptions
Public transportation
Quality of Life
Questionnaires
Regional differences
Regional disparities
Regional variations
Research methodology
Researchers
Shopping centers
Social Indicators
Social research
Sociology
Statistical analysis
Urban Areas
Urban Culture
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Summary:Recently, quality of life has become a commonly used concept and is showing growing significance in economic and political terms. Additionally, quality of life issues have been recognized within the migration processes. In one view, quality of life relates to the degree to which the necessary conditions for satisfaction exists in a given society or region. It is argued that quality, as a measurable variable would refer to both the subject and the object of inquiry. In this sense, quality of life has two aspects, psychological and environmental ones. Nevertheless, this limitation constitutes a major problem since some researchers have totally neglected the perception of the people who live there, while another limitation is about the components, indices and indicators chosen in a certain analysis. In this paper, the aim is to test some measurement methods of the quality of life and to show the possibilities and limitations of a developing area in comparison to developed ones. In this way, some comparative analysis can be performed on the measurement methods of the quality of life levels with respect to regional variations.
ISSN:0303-8300
1573-0921
DOI:10.1023/A:1026512732318