Measuring environmental quality of life : a GIS approach to deriving objective measures using Hong Kong as a case study

Chen, Si; 陳斯,

doi:10.5353/th_b5736676

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“…A radar chart is also known as a spider chart. The number of vertices along the outer edge of a radar chart can vary according to the number of observed cases or members [ 60 ]. Each axis is independently scaled to be between 0 and 100 by normalizing data on the basis of its biggest value.…”

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Neighborhood Variation of Sustainable Urban Morphological Characteristics

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Compact cities and their urban forms have implications on sustainable city development because of high density urban settlement, increased accessibility, and a balanced land use mix. This paper uses quantitative means of understanding urban morphological characteristics with reference to the differing qualities of the urban form (i.e., street patterns, building volumes, land uses and greenery). The results, based on 89 neighborhood communities of Hong Kong, show varying degrees of regional differences in the urban built form supported by numerical statistics and graphical illustrations. This paper offers empirical evidence on some morphological characteristics that can be estimated objectively using modern geospatial technologies and applied universally to inform urban planning. However, more studies linking these quantifiable measures of the physical form with sustainable urban living are needed to account for human comfort in the totality of environmental, social, and economic responsibilities.

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Neighborhood Variation of Sustainable Urban Morphological Characteristics

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“…(6) It is suggested that this research be done with other methods such as ANP, BWM, MACBETH (measuring attractiveness by a categorical-based evaluation technique), and PROMETHEE, and the result be compared with the current research methods. (7) In future research, Gray or Fuzzy can be used to reduce the input uncertainty of multi-criteria decision-making methods. ( 8) Sensitivity analysis can be applied to explore its impact of the parameter changes on the results.…”

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“…They used qualitative analysis methods and integrated the scales. Chen et al [7] conducted a study to measure the environmental quality of life using environmental criteria such as educational, health, and recreational facilities, local street networks, compatibility of land use, and building footprint intensity. In their research, they used the principal component analysis (PCA) method.…”

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Comparison between Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods and Evaluating the Quality of Life at Different Spatial Levels

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Achieving a good urban form has been a problem since the formation of the earliest cities. The tendency of human populations toward living in urban environments and urbanization has made the quality of life more prominent. This article aimed to calculate the quality of life in an objective way. For this purpose, the technique for order preferences by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS), vlseKriterijumsk optimizacija kompromisno resenje (VIKOR), simple additive weighted (SAW), and elimination and choice expressing reality (ELECTRE) have been utilized. Quality of life was assessed at three spatial levels. In this regard, socioeconomic, environmental, and accessibility dimensions were considered. As a result, in the first level of comparison, sub-districts in District 6 were ranked higher than that of District 13. On the second level, for District 6, vicinity sub-districts had higher rankings than the center, and for District 13, sub-districts near the center of the city had higher rankings. In the third level, District 6 had a higher quality of life. The results of the comparison between research methods showed that the SAW method performs better in terms of stability. Based on the results of correlation tables, there was a strong and direct relationship between each pair of methods at three spatial levels. In addition, as the study area became smaller, the similarity between the methods increased.

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“…The Hong Kong QOUL project commenced in 2014 in two phases. Phase 1 focused on the development of a set of indicators measuring objective QOUL derived through secondary data analysis using data compiled for residential neighbourhoods across Hong Kong and using data from the census along with GIS-based environmental and urban facilities data (Chen, 2015).…”

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Personal and Neighbourhood Indicators of Quality of Urban Life: A Case Study of Hong Kong

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This paper provides an overview of findings from a recent survey of quality of urban life (QOUL) in Hong Kong which focuses on: (a) individuals' subjective assessment of their overall quality of life (QOL) and of a set of QOL life domains, and (b) their level of satisfaction for three levels of QOUL living domains: their housing, their neighbourhood, and Hong Kong as a whole. Differences between demographic and socioeconomic groups are discussed. The paper also reports on preliminary results of multivariate modelling to identify factors that might explain variations in individual levels of satisfaction with their overall QOL and with the three levels of QOUL living domains. The Hong Kong survey of QOUL is compared to those of Brisbane and of the greater Detroit region to highlight differences between urban regions in the east and west. The results show that Hong Kong is still lagging far behind the two western regions in most aspects of the QOL life domains and the three QOUL living domains. The comparisons have implied that the differences between these urban regions are beyond east-west influence in the perception of quality of life and more attributable to disparities in urban environments.

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Measuring environmental quality of life : a GIS approach to deriving objective measures using Hong Kong as a case study

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Neighborhood Variation of Sustainable Urban Morphological Characteristics

Neighborhood Variation of Sustainable Urban Morphological Characteristics

Comparison between Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods and Evaluating the Quality of Life at Different Spatial Levels

Personal and Neighbourhood Indicators of Quality of Urban Life: A Case Study of Hong Kong

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