Assessing Life Quality Indices from the View points of Mashhad Citizens
Subject Areas : Urban Management Studies
Keywords: life quality, Social Justice, Urban Facilities and Services, Urban Issues, Housing Facilities, Mashhad city,
Abstract :
From the birth of geography, life quality domain has been gained attention by geographers and it has been emphasized by geographers like Smith and Harvey and this issue has got so much significance recently. Present paper is descriptive-analytical and it is aimed at assessing life quality indices in thirteen districts of Mashhad by examining 25 factors in three groups. The most part of this research has been done in the form of survey through field studies and questionnaire. The research population consists of all residents of thirteen districts of Mashhad. To analyze data, SPSS, EXCEL as well as Morris Model, Lord Index and Cost Index have been employed. Findings indicate that there is strong inequality in different districts of Mashhad in terms of life quality indices.