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Quality of life in the local area. The case of the province of Barcelona in the period 1991-2004
Deputation of Barcelona
2007
Principal investigator
Manuel Artís
Investigative team
Manuel Artís / Jordi Suriñach / Vicente Royuela / Esther Vayá
Objective
To Measure the level of welfare of the inhabitants of the municipalities of the province, that is, quality of life. The indicator is calculated at the municipal, city and county system level. Due to the importance of the economic dimension in a territory, they have also analyzed regional differences in regard to economic growth and the evolution of GDP growth rates at the level of urban systems in the province and counties.
Methodology
For the indicator of quality of life: Analysis and processing of data from the 1991 Census and 2001. Find statistical information on the different variables. Construction of a Synthetic Indicator of Quality of Life (ISQV) for the municipalities of Barcelona based in 18 sub-components: Wealth Index, Index Population, Migration Index … For the indicator of economic activity: Selection of short-term partial indicators of conjuncture associated with the 3 major economic sectors: industry, construction and services. Principal components analysis to obtain the factors. Calculating the GDP growth rate of urban systems in the province.
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Theme:
Regional and Urban Strategic indicators Ambit:
Local, Regional