<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>An important methodological question in the general discourses concerning the quality of life is scale and mutual relationship of its two dimensions. In this article, the subjective dimension is understood as well-being; data from its spatial differentiation in districts of the Czech Republic were obtained from a face-to-face interview. The objective dimension is understood from the geographical aspect as quality of a place; it is quantified by the indicators of the golden standard of quality of life. Data from its spatial differentiation in districts of the Czech Republic are secondary. The article aims to compare the data of well-being and quality of a place for all the districts, with a premise of a higher level of well-being in the districts with a higher quality of a place, and vice-versa. This would answer the question of whether the quality of a place affects well-being.</p></abstract>

An important methodological question in the general discourses concerning the quality of life is scale and mutual relationship of its two dimensions. In this article, the subjective dimension is understood as well-being; data from its spatial differentiation in districts of the Czech Republic were obtained from a face-to-face interview. The objective dimension is understood from the geographical aspect as quality of a place; it is quantified by the indicators of the golden standard of quality of life. Data from its spatial differentiation in districts of the Czech Republic are secondary. The article aims to compare the data of well-being and quality of a place for all the districts, with a premise of a higher level of well-being in the districts with a higher quality of a place, and vice-versa. This would answer the question of whether the quality of a place affects well-being.

Does the Quality of a Place Affect Well-being?

Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, Humanities and Education, Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 2, 461 17 Liberec,

Department of Human Geography and Demography, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University of Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, 842 15 Bratislava,

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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An important methodological question in the general discourses concerning the quality of life is scale and mutual relationship of its two dimensions. In this...

Does the Quality of a Place Affect Well-being?

Published Online: Sep 29, 2016

Page range: 224 - 239

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eko-2016-0018

Keywords
quality of life, good life, quality of a place, well-being, golden standard of quality of life

© 2016 František Murgaš et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Does the Quality of a Place Affect Well-being?

Published Online: Sep 29, 2016

Page range: 224 - 239

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eko-2016-0018

Keywordsquality of life, good life, quality of a place, well-being, golden standard of quality of life

© 2016 František Murgaš et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
quality of life, good life, quality of a place, well-being, golden standard of quality of life