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

Faka, Antigoni; Kalogeropoulos, Kleomenis; Μαλούτας, Θωμάς; Chalkias, Christos

doi:10.3390/ijgi10050347

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“…Zhang and Pryce (2020) developed a generalized formula for the RCI (Relative Centralization Index), in order to measure the implications of the decentralization of poverty for access to amenities and employment in Wales and England [45]. Faka et al (2021) constructed an index to assess the quality of life in urban spaces in the Athens Metropolitan Area, taking into account factors such as social-economic, natural and cultural environments, infrastructures, services, and quality of housing [46]. However, on the basis of the proximity of the two urban contexts and the methodological approach, the work Davino et al (2021) has been of particular interest for this research.…”

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Urban Housing Inequity: Housing Deprivation and Social Response in the City of Naples

Lanza

Martino

2022

Sustainability

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The growth of social inequality in recent decades has a strong urban dimension. In fact, cities are places where such inequalities grow quickly, and have a strong influence on the living conditions and perspectives of different social groups. In this sense, urban segregation becomes an important warning in assessing the existence of disparities that affect the most disadvantaged social groups. Therefore, the aim of this research was to outline the evidence of the phenomenon of residential segregation and housing insecurity on a European scale, and to analyze the case study of Naples, Italy, evaluating the presence of the phenomena of urban segregation and housing insecurity within through the creation of a synthetic index: the “Index of housing deprivation in the neighborhoods of the city of Naples”. After analyzing the extent of the phenomena, we took a step further, seeking to understand whether there have been responses from civil society through protest movements. Indeed, another objective of this paper was to understand why, in the city of Naples, there is no strong social response. In order to give an explanation, we will carry out a comparison with the action of the social movements of Barcelona.

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Urban Housing Inequity: Housing Deprivation and Social Response in the City of Naples

Lanza

Martino

2022

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“…This phenomenon has become Environmental Management and Sustainable Development ISSN 2164-7682 2023 the dominant urbanization pattern since the second half of the 20th century (UN Human Settlement Program, 2001). Metropolitan areas are considered the center of wealth, capital and production at national, regional and even global levels (Faka et al, 2021;Albouy, 2008;Türksever and Atalik, 2001). Metropolitan life is considered the most advanced stage in human life.…”

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Evaluation of Quality of Life in Metropolitan Areas in a Developing Country Context: The Case of Tabriz, Iran

Alizadeh

Teimouri

2023

EMSD

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In developing countries, one of the critical issues in urban planning is investigating and recognizing the quality of life (QoL) in metropolitan areas and preparing a comprehensive solution for it. Recognition of QoL indicators and evaluating their situation in different urban areas is a significant aspect of urban planning and development in metropolitan areas. The present study aims to evaluate the defined indicators of QoL in the urban areas of Tabriz Metropolis. After identifying the effective criteria, a pairwise comparison was conducted by the AHP method to find their weights. Then, ten Tabriz Municipality Districts and three towns located in the metropolitan area, including Basmenj, Sardrood, and Khosrowshahr, were ranked using the models of VIKOR, ELECTRE, and MORRIS. The results indicated that the QoL of districts 5, 2, and 9 among the municipality districts got the highest ranks and had a better situation than the other districts. On the other hand, districts 1, 4, and 6 have no good conditions in terms of QoL. Among the studied towns, Sardrood has better conditions regarding QoL than the others.

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“…Most of the existing studies on urban QoL assessment have served as tools for conducting rankings and making guides ( 24 ), and Providing guidance on making development policies. Naturally, their attention is primarily on cities: some deal with the QoL of a single city ( 14 , 18 , 25 ); some compare that of multiple cities ( 16 , 26 , 27 ); some draw comparisons between different areas within a city ( 28–30 ), and still some compare cities within a country ( 31 ). However, in recent years, there has been a growing trend toward researching the QoL assessment of counties as an administrative unit.…”

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“…Those focusing on urban development mostly used quantitative methods, in which statistical analysis methods and tools such as importance performance analysis (IPA), information entropy, equalization index, structural equation modeling, and hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis have been widely applied ( 11 , 32 , 34 ). Another widely used tool is GIS, which has grown into an important work platform in urban QoL assessments involving spatial pattern analysis ( 28 , 35 ). Also playing a crucial role in such assessments is spatial autocorrelation analysis ( 32 , 35 ).…”

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Quality of life assessment and its spatial correlation in impoverished districts and counties: A case study of Guizhou Province

Yang

Heng³

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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China’s rapid urbanization has greatly boosted the quality of life of its traditionally impoverished regions. Research into the spatial distribution characteristics, evolution and spatial correlation of the quality of life in impoverished regions can help illuminate the experience of successful development and construct a knowledge base for authorities to devise development strategies. This study focuses its attention on the historically impoverished districts and counties (which are designated as parallel administrative units in China) of Guizhou Province in southwestern China. Extensively citing official statistics on districts and counties released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics and local governments, it assesses the quality of life of those places in the 3 years of 2000, 2010, and 2020 from the four dimensions of economy, society, culture, and environment. The aim is to illustrate the distribution characteristics and the evolution of quality of life in Guizhou’s historically impoverished districts and counties. In order to understand the characteristics of spatial clustering as well as the patterns of evolution of the quality of life of Guizhou’s impoverished districts and counties, the study incorporates spatial autocorrelation analysis into a spatio-temporal analysis of local quality of life. It could presumably help enrich the knowledge base that local authorities draw on to formulate development strategies that are scientific and adapted to local conditions. The study found that while the overall quality of life in all the impoverished districts and counties of Guizhou Province has improved, large gaps in quality of life between eastern and western regions of the province persisted. In addition, the driving force behind the evolution in the overall quality of life of those places changed with time, as did the characteristics of the spatial aggregation in quality of life.

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

Cited by 15 publications

References 60 publications

Urban Housing Inequity: Housing Deprivation and Social Response in the City of Naples

Urban Housing Inequity: Housing Deprivation and Social Response in the City of Naples

Evaluation of Quality of Life in Metropolitan Areas in a Developing Country Context: The Case of Tabriz, Iran

Quality of life assessment and its spatial correlation in impoverished districts and counties: A case study of Guizhou Province

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