Does the Quality of a Place Affect Well-being?

An important methodological question in the general discourses concerning the quality of life is scale and mutual relationship of its two dimensions. In this article, the subjective dimension is understood as well-being; data from its spatial differentiation in districts of the Czech Republic were o...

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Published inEkológia Bratislava Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 224 - 239
Main Authors Murgas, Frantisek, Klobucnik, Michal
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bratislava De Gruyter Open 01.09.2016
Institute of Landscape Ecology
Sciendo
Subjects
Demography
Economic development
Economic growth
GDP
golden standard of quality of life
good life
Gross Domestic Product
Influence
quality of a place
Quality of life
Unemployment
well-being
Czech Republic
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Summary:An important methodological question in the general discourses concerning the quality of life is scale and mutual relationship of its two dimensions. In this article, the subjective dimension is understood as well-being; data from its spatial differentiation in districts of the Czech Republic were obtained from a face-to-face interview. The objective dimension is understood from the geographical aspect as quality of a place; it is quantified by the indicators of the golden standard of quality of life. Data from its spatial differentiation in districts of the Czech Republic are secondary. The article aims to compare the data of well-being and quality of a place for all the districts, with a premise of a higher level of well-being in the districts with a higher quality of a place, and vice-versa. This would answer the question of whether the quality of a place affects well-being.
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ISSN:1337-947X
1335-342X
1337-947X
DOI:10.1515/eko-2016-0018