1. WP2 Quality of Life Indicators
Charles University of Prague
Ludek Sykora

2. Approach, Concepts and the Purpose of Indicators
Main question: How changes in land use patterns caused by non-residential suburbanisation have affected quality of life of individuals and households in suburban areas and urban core of metropolitan regions?

3. Approach, Concepts and the Purpose of Indicators
intensive research of mechanism through which suburbanisation impacts on the quality of life
conceptualisation of mechanisms must precede any assembly of large data sets and their statistical analysis
we have to gather only such data and construct indicators of quality of life that reflect the impacts of non-residential suburbanisation

4. Approach, Concepts and the Purpose of Indicators
We have to start with a formulation of a scheme that would reflect links between different land use changes and changes of life of different population sub-groups. –> common work for WP 2, 3 and 5
Then we shall search for available indicators that would best describe these impacts. –> WP 4

5. The spatial scale and level of complexity of our analysis
aggregated data and extensive research
case studies of places, non-residential developments and inhabitants employing intensive research techniques

6. Spatial scales
Metropolitan region as a whole (problem of external boundary delimitation)
two zones in metropolitan region: suburban zone and urban core (compact city boundary)
more detailed spatial scale: how large units in terms of area and population size? (smallest possible areas, in Prague ca 1000 units with population ranging from inhabitants, question for other metropolitan areas)

7. Case studies
impacts of particular non-residential developments (out-of-town shopping and entertainment zone; logistic, warehousing and distribution complex; production facility in new industrial zone) on the quality of life of various population subgroups
intensive analysis can serve as a source of data input to the model building, based on existing factual relations rather than on statistical relations generated by the comparison of independent land use and independent quality of life indicators

8. Population sub-groups
Who is benefiting from the use of the new non-residential facilities? Who is negatively affected by the use of these facilities? What is the difference between various groups of population in different places?
Several aspects of non-residential suburbanisation affect every person. We have to identify these aspects, analyse and assess them.

9. Non-residential suburbanisation impacts research
1) on an individual, non-aggregated level, i.e. aspect by aspect for each individual
2) weighting of these individual aspects -> a more complex assessment for an individual (inclusion only of the most important aspects)
3) aggregation of individuals into sub-populations according to activities in daily life, place of living, socio-economic and demographic status

10. Quality of life impacts
 One suburban non-residential development impacts on the quality of life of one individual in several instances. This development impacts in various combinations of these instances on various people. We shall identify the most common combinations of these effects (the number of affected people).
One person is influenced by many new suburban non-residential developments. We shall identify the most common impacts from suburban projects (in their mutual combination and complexity) on one person. Then we have to aggregate the most common combinations for population subgroups.

11. Quality of life impacts
the quality of daily life of individuals
information can be obtained only by an intensive research on the level of individual projects and individual people
implications for research method – questionnaire survey of population and case studies of selected typical developments

12. What are the impacts of non-residential suburbanisation
on everyday life of people in
metropolitan area
suburban zone
urban core
immediate vicinity of non-residential development

13. What are the impacts of non-residential suburbanisation
on basic activities of everyday life?
Home/housing
Work/school
Services/shopping
Leisure time

14. What are the impacts of non-residential suburbanisation
on different population groups by socio-economic and demographic/family status?
Wealthy
Middle class
Poor

15. Focus on CHANGE
We have to look on changes in land use and changes in the quality of life.
Indicators must reflect the change.