<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Quality of life research responds to the growth of urbanization in the world by increasing the focus on the quality of urban life; however, the dominant applied research tends to be without conceptualization of the quality of urban life. The aim of this paper is to answer the question whether the quality of urban life exists as an original, separate part of the concept of quality of life, or whether only the quality of life or the well-being of a certain city exists. The authors argue that the quality of urban life exists as an original category of quality of life and their beliefs are based on the fact that it can be measured separately. The quality of urban life is holistic, co-existing with the quality of life. The city from the point of view of quality of life research is a place, and the quality of urban life is the satisfaction with life in a city and the quality of place in it. This approach is applied to the quality of urban life and its measurement in the city of Liberec. The results are implications for policy-makers and urbanists.</p></abstract>

Quality of life research responds to the growth of urbanization in the world by increasing the focus on the quality of urban life; however, the dominant applied research tends to be without conceptualization of the quality of urban life. The aim of this paper is to answer the question whether the quality of urban life exists as an original, separate part of the concept of quality of life, or whether only the quality of life or the well-being of a certain city exists. The authors argue that the quality of urban life exists as an original category of quality of life and their beliefs are based on the fact that it can be measured separately. The quality of urban life is holistic, co-existing with the quality of life. The city from the point of view of quality of life research is a place, and the quality of urban life is the satisfaction with life in a city and the quality of place in it. This approach is applied to the quality of urban life and its measurement in the city of Liberec. The results are implications for policy-makers and urbanists.

Quality of life in the city, quality of urban life or well-being in the city: Conceptualization and case study

Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, Humanities and Education

Department of Human Geography and Demography, Faculty of Natural Sciences

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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Quality of life research responds to the growth of urbanization in the world by increasing the focus on the quality of urban life; however, the dominant...

Quality of life in the city, quality of urban life or well-being in the city: Conceptualization and case study

Published Online: Jul 17, 2018

Page range: 183 - 200

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2018-0016

Keywords
quality of life, quality of urban life, well-being, quality of place, holistic approach, city of Liberec

© 2018 František Murgaš et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Quality of life in the city, quality of urban life or well-being in the city: Conceptualization and case study

Published Online: Jul 17, 2018

Page range: 183 - 200

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2018-0016

Keywordsquality of life, quality of urban life, well-being, quality of place, holistic approach, city of Liberec

© 2018 František Murgaš et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
quality of life, quality of urban life, well-being, quality of place, holistic approach, city of Liberec