Measuring Neighborhood Quality of Life: Placed-Based Sustainability Indicators in Freiburg, Germany
There has been a recent upswing of academic interest in the social dimensions of sustainable cities, especially the dynamics of Quality of Life (QoL), Environmental Equity, Ecosystem Services, Eco-Friendliness, Public Engagement, and Well-Being and Happiness Indicators. These factors are only now be...
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| description | There has been a recent upswing of academic interest in the social dimensions of sustainable cities, especially the dynamics of Quality of Life (QoL), Environmental Equity, Ecosystem Services, Eco-Friendliness, Public Engagement, and Well-Being and Happiness Indicators. These factors are only now being evaluated as critical aspects of sustainable place-making and community development. This paper explores the social dimensions of neighborhood development in what some believe to be one of the most sustainable cities—Freiberg, Germany. We look at two neighborhoods that were specifically designed and built with sustainability principles and practices at their core. The authors surveyed residents of these neighborhoods to measure their levels of well-being, satisfaction with place, and other important QoL factors. Quantitative data was ascertained from residents using a survey questionnaire. The results show a high correlation between QoL factors as a function of place-making and sustainability practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-600ab1019ee4487f974611fab18827b12022-12-21T23:53:30ZengMDPI AGUrban Science2413-88512018-10-012410610.3390/urbansci2040106urbansci2040106Measuring Neighborhood Quality of Life: Placed-Based Sustainability Indicators in Freiburg, GermanyCraig A. Talmage0Bjoern Hagen1David Pijawka2Cara Nassar3Entrepreneurial Studies Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456, USASchool of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USASchool of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning and School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USAValley Metro RPTA, 101 North 1st Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85003, USAThere has been a recent upswing of academic interest in the social dimensions of sustainable cities, especially the dynamics of Quality of Life (QoL), Environmental Equity, Ecosystem Services, Eco-Friendliness, Public Engagement, and Well-Being and Happiness Indicators. These factors are only now being evaluated as critical aspects of sustainable place-making and community development. This paper explores the social dimensions of neighborhood development in what some believe to be one of the most sustainable cities—Freiberg, Germany. We look at two neighborhoods that were specifically designed and built with sustainability principles and practices at their core. The authors surveyed residents of these neighborhoods to measure their levels of well-being, satisfaction with place, and other important QoL factors. Quantitative data was ascertained from residents using a survey questionnaire. The results show a high correlation between QoL factors as a function of place-making and sustainability practice.https://www.mdpi.com/2413-8851/2/4/106place-makingplace attachmentsense of placesustainable community development |
| spellingShingle | Craig A. Talmage Bjoern Hagen David Pijawka Cara Nassar Measuring Neighborhood Quality of Life: Placed-Based Sustainability Indicators in Freiburg, Germany Urban Science place-making place attachment sense of place sustainable community development |
| title | Measuring Neighborhood Quality of Life: Placed-Based Sustainability Indicators in Freiburg, Germany |
| title_full | Measuring Neighborhood Quality of Life: Placed-Based Sustainability Indicators in Freiburg, Germany |
| title_fullStr | Measuring Neighborhood Quality of Life: Placed-Based Sustainability Indicators in Freiburg, Germany |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring Neighborhood Quality of Life: Placed-Based Sustainability Indicators in Freiburg, Germany |
| title_short | Measuring Neighborhood Quality of Life: Placed-Based Sustainability Indicators in Freiburg, Germany |
| title_sort | measuring neighborhood quality of life placed based sustainability indicators in freiburg germany |
| topic | place-making place attachment sense of place sustainable community development |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2413-8851/2/4/106 |
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