Residents’ Perception of Cultural Activities as Quality of Life in Istanbul

Terzi, Fatih; Türkoğlu, Handan; Bölen, Fulin; Baran, Perver K.; Salihoğlu, Tayfun

doi:10.1007/s11205-014-0688-5

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“…This adds a complementary focus to the existing range of nature-based indicators (c.f. Lopes and Camanho 2013 ; Terzi et al 2015 ; Zanella et al 2015 ).…”

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“…Subjective indicators approximate well-being through the degree to which urban inhabitants are satisfied or dissatisfied with natural amenities in their living environments (e.g. Noll 2002 ; Terzi et al 2015 ); this type of indicator remains implicit about the physical environment to which the observed judgments refer, as it does not capture which precise natural places are judged. In contrast, objective indicators capture the physical presence of natural amenities within cities (e.g.…”

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Living Near to Attractive Nature? A Well-Being Indicator for Ranking Dutch, Danish, and German Functional Urban Areas

Daams

Veneri

2016

Soc Indic Res

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While nature is widely acknowledged to contribute to people’s well-being, nature based well-being indicators at city-level appear to be underprovided. This study aims at filling this gap by introducing a novel indicator based on the proximity of city-residents to nature that is of high-amenity. High-amenity nature is operationalized by combining unique systematic data on people’s perceptions of what are the locations of attractive natural areas with data on natural land cover. The proposed indicator departs from the usual assumption of equal well-being from any nature, as it approximates the ‘actual’ subjective quality of nature near people’s homes in a spatially explicit way. Such indicator is used to rank 148 ‘cities’ in the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany. International comparability of the indicator is enhanced by the use of a definition of cities as functional urban areas (FUAs), which are consistently identified across countries. Results demonstrate that the average ‘nearness’ of FUA populations to high amenity nature varies widely across the observed FUAs. A key finding, that complements insights from existing city-level indicators, is that while populations of FUAs with higher population densities may live relatively far from nature in general, they also live, on average, closer to high-amenity nature than inhabitants of lower density FUAs. Our results may stimulate policy-debates on how to combine urban agglomeration with access to natural amenities in order to account for people’s wellbeing.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11205-016-1375-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…This adds a complementary focus to the existing range of nature-based indicators (c.f. Lopes and Camanho 2013 ; Terzi et al 2015 ; Zanella et al 2015 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Living Near to Attractive Nature? A Well-Being Indicator for Ranking Dutch, Danish, and German Functional Urban Areas

Daams

Veneri

2016

Soc Indic Res

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“…The last criterion is related to recreational and cultural facilities. Attendance to culturerelated activities has positive effects on well-being and quality of life [71]. Furthermore, recreational and leisure facilities are strong predictors of QoL [72,73], as meeting places where social relationships can be formed and maintained [74,75].…”

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Urban Quality of Life: Spatial Modeling and Indexing in Athens Metropolitan Area, Greece

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Kalogeropoulos

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IJGI

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The purpose of this study is to assess and visualize the Quality of Life provided by urban space as a place of residence. The proposed methodology, after its theoretical documentation, is implemented in Athens Metropolitan Area, Greece. For the evaluation of Urban Quality of Life, a complex index is constructed by using multicriteria analysis. For this purpose, Quality of Life controlling factors such as built space, natural, socioeconomic, and cultural environment, infrastructure and services, and the quality of housing were analyzed within a GIS environment. The mapping of this index led to the identification of areas with different levels of Quality of Life. The results of the research can lead to more effective decision making regarding the planning of targeted actions and the distribution of financial resources to improve the Quality of Life of the residents in urban areas.

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“…There is a growing interest towards exploring tourism development and QoL from residents’ perspectives in broader geographic locations and cultural contexts as QoL has been recognised as an important element for the development of tourism that is not only economically and environmentally responsible but also socially responsible (Mathew and Sreejesh, 2017). Researchers have recognised the importance of QoL and have found positive and negative economic, social, cultural and environmental impacts on residents (Kim et al, 2013; Lin et al, 2013; Terzi et al, 2015; Uysal et al, 2012) and tourists (Uysal et al, 2016). For example, studies in the United States (Andereck and Nyaupane, 2010) and in Shanghai, China (Guo et al, 2014) indicate that residents consider tourism development as having an impact on quantity and quality of outdoor recreational facilities and opportunities, public security, health status, family cohesion, leisure time and living costs.…”

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Quality of life perspectives for different social groups in a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure

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While the quality of life (QoL) concept in tourism research has gained momentum, scholarly work has focused on host QoL and tourist-host relations, rather than exploring and analysing the perception, interpretation and understanding of QoL among different social groups in a given tourist destination. Macao is a densely populated tourism destination and designated World Centre of Tourism and Leisure, where local residents and migrants work and cohabit side by side. By broadening the scope of research through in-depth interviews, our research findings highlight how different social groups in Macao experience QoL differently. While all groups perceive positive economic impacts and appreciate career opportunities from tourism development, the analysis raises questions as to the QoL of residents and migrants, and the social sustainability of Macao. The study recommends that authorities embed a social sustainability focus in deliberations, policies and investment so as to achieve its goal of World Centre of Tourism and Leisure status, not only for tourists, but also for those who live and work there.

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Residents’ Perception of Cultural Activities as Quality of Life in Istanbul

Cited by 18 publications

References 47 publications

Living Near to Attractive Nature? A Well-Being Indicator for Ranking Dutch, Danish, and German Functional Urban Areas

Living Near to Attractive Nature? A Well-Being Indicator for Ranking Dutch, Danish, and German Functional Urban Areas

Urban Quality of Life: Spatial Modeling and Indexing in Athens Metropolitan Area, Greece

Quality of life perspectives for different social groups in a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure

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