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Everyone
would agree that they would want a better “quality of life”; it’s
personal, significant and looms “largely” in our lives. But
what is
it?
Quality of Life means different things to different people, but it
can be
summarised
 as the things that make an area a good place to
live
in,
resulting in a greater wellbeing or higher levels of
happiness. In
October 2001, MORl
conducted a nation-wide
survey
for the Audit
Commission and the
results indicated that for the
public, the most important issues
in making somewhere a good place to live were: |
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"The
benefit we are offering is a better quality of
life for everyone over time, and the process
to achieve it is sustainable development."
Sustainable Development Commission
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crime levels;
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health services;
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housing;
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shopping facilities;
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public transport;
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education provision
Every one of us, every day, takes decisions about which areas
to use and when and how we use them. Many of our decisions and
activities are influenced by our perceptions of the
quality and safety of the spaces we encounter. We make
decisions about the
routes our children take to school or the playground because
we want to ensure their safety. We make decisions about the
route we take to get home from the station at night in order
to avoid a badly-lit side street.
As mentioned throughout our web site: sprawl and disappearing
open spaces, clogged roads and traffic fumes, overcrowded schools,
crime, an acute shortage of affordable housing and the time
pressures on parents juggling work and family are just some of
the issues that we face when attaining quality of life.
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UK MAKING PROGRESS ON QUALITY OF LIFE
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 "The UK is
making progress on achieving a better quality of life through
sustainable development, but we all still have a lot to do.
This was the key message from Achieving a better quality of
life, the Government's third annual report on sustainable
development in the UK, which was launched [recently] by Defra
Secretary of State..."
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