Urban Quality Of Life

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Mobility is one of the main factors to promote the quality of life for the citizens, a low level of mobility is generally leading to a low quality of life, as it may become a barrier to satisfaction of basic needs and participation in social life. Moreover, the concept of quality of life is, to some extent “culturally and geographically variable and socially constructed, So the relation between mobility and quality of life of the citizens in Egypt could be different according to socio-economic aspects. The paper methodology is based on identifying the quality of life, urban quality of life, the relevance of its mobility urban quality of life concept and studying the indicators of mobility. Moreover, The paper investigates "El Rehab Community …show more content…

These dimensions are integrated with each other as reflected in [Figure- 1] [6] whereas urban quality of life relationships differ and are determined according to places and societies. The desire to improve the urban quality of life in a particular place p is an important focus of attention for planners. So, the stakeholders and planners focus on improving the quality of public spaces, land use patterns, mobility, ease of access for all to basic needs, services and public amenities, As well as, social …show more content…

Greater mobility does not certainly mean more traffic but, in fact it mean precisely the opposite when long term planning creates a city of short distances’. 3.1. Mobility Urban quality of life Based on studies, there is a relation between people’s well-being and their mobility [8;9;10]The well-being term is synonymous with “quality of life” which Measure subjective and present of an individual’s life from his own point of view [11]. Lack of mobility is detrimental to quality of life, as it may become a barrier to satisfaction of basic needs and participation in social life [12]. Having access to transportation, particularly public transportation, is crucial for ensuring access to employment and education). Agenda 21 addresses a profound recommendations for efficient and environmentally sound urban transport systems, as following[2]: 1. Integrate land-use and transportation planning to promote development pattern that reduces transportation

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