Description Relationship between Urban Space and Quality of Urban Life. A Geographical Approach

František Petrovič and František Murgaš
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František Petrovič: Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, 94901 Nitra, Slovakia
František Murgaš: Department of Geography, Technical University in Liberec, 46117 Liberec, Czech Republic

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 12, 1-13

Abstract: The examination of the relationship between the construct of urban space and the construct of the quality of urban life is based on the knowledge that their common element is real physical space, i.e., the place. If the examination of the relationship between the two constructs is to be meaningful, then both must be on the same comparative basis—that means quality. The paper consists of two parts—the first part, which is theoretical, takes the form of conceptualization of urban space and the quality of urban life, including the identification of elements which affect them. The result of conceptualizing urban space into a qualitative form is liveability. The result of conceptualizing the quality of urban life is a holistic quality of life in the city, containing two domains—subjective and objective. The second part of the paper is the application of both constructs in a concrete form, based on measuring the values of these indicators and also the analysis of the results. The measurement takes the form of liveability on the one hand and of satisfaction with the place and/or satisfaction with the quality of urban life on the other hand.

Keywords: city; urban space; quality of urban life; liveability; Global Liveability Index; quality of place (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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