Urban quality of life: a subjective approach
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Environmental perception, Content analysis, Multidimensional , Urban spaceAbstract
The characteristics of the built environment have a direct impact on people's perception of quality of life, a concept that has been widely discussed in the literature, with a wide variety of definitions. In this sense, it is essential to include the subjective perspective of urban users to obtain a more complete assessment of the urban quality of life. The aim of this study is therefore to assess the urban quality of life from a subjective perspective. To this end, a multidimensional conceptual framework covering seven dimensions of urban livability is proposed, based on a review of the relevant literature. A case study is used to assess the urban quality of life from the perspective of residents in the central region of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The results include (1) the proposal of a multidimensional conceptual framework for assessing the quality of urban life; and (2) the assessment of the quality of urban life from the perspective of residents in the central region of Porto Alegre. The main contributions of the study are related to the discussion of the multidimensional nature of urban quality of life and the relevance of its evaluation for urban planning, based on the concepts of value perception and content analysis, with an emphasis on the subjective approach.
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