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Assessment and determinants of the quality of life in portuguese cities

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dc.contributor.authorBarreira, Ana
dc.contributor.authorAmado, Carla
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Sérgio
dc.contributor.authorAndraz, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorGuimaraes, Maria Helena
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-18T16:26:46Z
dc.date.available2021-06-18T16:26:46Z
dc.date.issued2021-11
dc.description.abstractthe quality of life (QoL) in cities has increasingly been used as a symbol of urban success. Studies addressing this issue tend to focus, however, on large cities and/or on cities from different countries. By using a set of data from a single country, comprehending cities with different population sizes and densities, observations for 11 performance dimensions, and an approach combining the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique and multivariate regression modeling, this study analyses the QoL of Portuguese cities and explores some of its determinants. the results of this analysis show that both small and large cities can offer high levels of QoL with "transport and accessibility," "safety," "housing," "education," and "culture and entertainment" being the dimensions that most contribute to the QoL assessment. While Lisbon and Oporto (the two largest Portuguese cities) are benchmark cities, some of the highly populated cities located in their Metropolitan Areas present the most potential for improvement in terms of QoL. the results also show that cities located in the hinterland tend to present higher QoL scores than those on the coast. Equally, cities with lower population size and density, those that are district capitals and those with higher per capita current public expenditures present higher levels of QoL. These findings suggest, therefore, that the cities' typology, their population size and density, and their dependence from local governments' public expenditures can significantly contribute to the differences identified in their QoL performance.
dc.description.sponsorshipFCT Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology European Commission [UIDB/04007/2020]
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0160017620979611
dc.identifier.issn0160-0176
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/15923
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherSage
dc.subjectQuality of life (QoL) in cities
dc.subjectCity types
dc.subjectPopulation density
dc.subjectCity size
dc.subjectData Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
dc.subjectCross-section estimation model
dc.subject.otherEnvironmental sciences & ecology
dc.subject.otherPublic administration
dc.subject.otherUrban studies
dc.titleAssessment and determinants of the quality of life in portuguese cities
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.titleInternational Regional Science Review
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