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Quality of Rural Life. Editorial 16 June 2018

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  • Vaishar Antonín

    (CSc., Department of Applied and Landscape Ecology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00Brno, Czechia)

  • Vidovićová Lucie

    (Ph.D., Office for Population Studies, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Joštova 10,Brno602 00, Czech Republic)

  • Figueiredo Elisabete

    (Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193Aveiro, Portugal)

Abstract

The paper discusses the concept of the quality of life and its measuring. It tries to explain its peculiarities in the rural space considering different levels of education, professional activities, mobility, ways of dwelling, access to the social and technical infrastructure. The subjective perception of both urban and rural people to the rural quality of life can be manifested in moving in and moving out. The main shortages of the rural quality of life can be seen (by rural people) in a poor access to the prestigious and well-paid jobs and to a richer social life. The main advantages of the rural way of life are generally evaluated (by urban people) by better access to the nature. A promotion of the local identity is considered as an important tool for improving the rural quality of life (besides of a solution of infrastructural problems), considering the enormous difference among European rural areas of a big differentiation of the European countryside. The last part of the paper summarizes the contributions of the special number.

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  • Vaishar Antonín & Vidovićová Lucie & Figueiredo Elisabete, 2018. "Quality of Rural Life. Editorial 16 June 2018," European Countryside, Sciendo, vol. 10(2), pages 180-190, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:eurcou:v:10:y:2018:i:2:p:180-190:n:1
    DOI: 10.2478/euco-2018-0011
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