TY  - JOUR
AU  - Lotfi, Sedigheh 
AU  - Faraji, Amin 
AU  - Hataminejad, Husain 
AU  - Pourahmad, Ahmad 
PY  - 2011
TI  - A Study of Urban Quality of Life in a Developing Country 
JF  - Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 7
IS  - 2
DO  - 10.3844/jssp.2011.232.240
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/jssp.2011.232.240
AB  - Problem statement: The rapid growth of urbanization has led to degradation of quality of
life in many developing countries. The qualitative approach towards development concepts provided
background for studying the object of quality of life. This concept was declared by Raymond Bauer in
1966 in response to the increase of urban crisis. Today, quality of life refers to the capacity of a place
for living life. Approach: The present study aims to analyze quality of life by concentrating on the
socio-economic, physical-environmental and mental indexes. The indexes were selected with respect
to their importance by conducting a careful examination. The comparative analysis was applied based
on hierarchical weighting. Observation and completing questionnaire have been two important tools in
this research. Results: The results revealed that there are significant socio-economic gap among the
different neighborhoods of the town. The mean of urban quality of life is 8.517 which show a moderate
level of quality of life according to the research classification. Conclusion: The research came to
conclusion that the different neighborhoods of the town showed different level of quality of life which
it leads to socio-economic disparities among the urban zones. So the priority of planning should
concentrate on the areas where deprivation decreased the level of quality of life.