Evaluating quality of life in cities : towards new tools to support urban planning

• Tipo: Artigo em Livro de Atas de Conferência Internacional
• Data: 2009

Autores

Isabel Martins (Autor) Outra; Teresa Sá Marques (Autor) FLUP

Ata de Conferência Internacional

Título: City Futures in a Globalising

Páginas: 1-22

An international conference on globalism and urban change

Madrid, 22 a 26 de Novembro de 2009

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências sociais > Outras ciências sociais

CORDIS: Ciências Sociais > Geografia > Geografia social

Outras Informações

Abstract (EN): Several efforts have surfaced in the last few years to evaluate and monitor the impact of many contemporaneous urban tendencies and to measure the progress achieved in terms of quality of life in cities. This paper results from an ongoing research study on the city of Porto, in which evaluation methodologies on living conditions and well-being on a local scale have been developed and tested. They have provided new data in support for action on the part of public authorities and to foster dialogue and the coordination of strategies among local agents. The empirical results presented derive from one of this study’s dimensions, focused on the subjective approach to the quality of life of specific population groups. The key concern comprises not only the overall levels of satisfaction of these groups but also their relationship with the individuals’ aspirations, experiences and values. Direct survey methods of the target populations were employed and, later, multivariate data analysis methodologies.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica