Zeng, W, Xiang, L orcid.org/0000-0002-2032-9706 and Zhang, W (2020) Evaluation of Life Quality and its Spatial Mismatch with Local Economic Development in Large Chinese Cities. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 15 (1). pp. 239-258. ISSN 1871-2584
Abstract
Quality of life (QoL) is an important factor which influences local economic development (LED). The study aims to evaluate the quality of life in large Chinese cities and explore the relationship between life quality and local economic development. By constructing the index system of QoL of large cities, this study analyses the spatial pattern of QoL in 39 largest cities across China and then introduces the spatial mismatch method to analyse the relationship between QoL and LED. The results point to the significant differences in QoL among large Chinese cities and unlock the spatial mismatch between QoL and LED in these cities. The quality of life is generally better than local economic development in large cities across Western China and different cities display various spatial mismatch features. This study also shows that local economic development can promote quality of life, though they do not merely stand in a quantitative relation. Quality of life is related more to the economic structure. It is suggested that future urban development focus on high value-added and environmental-friendly industries, which can improve both local economic development and quality of life.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2018. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
Keywords: | Quality of life; Local economic development; Large Chinese cities; Spatial mismatch |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 26 Nov 2018 10:40 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 21:36 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Netherlands |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s11482-018-9674-4 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:139123 |
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