Given that several of the domains of the Quality of Life monitored within the scope of this Project do not come under the Municipality’s direct or exclusive responsibility, this is a basic platform for discussing urban problems and for developing joint strategies for Porto, involving the different socio-economic and institutional actors and the general population.

Monitoring a set of factors which influence the living conditions in an urban centre (job supply, cultural events, etc.), by regularly collecting, processing, analysing and publishing quantitative data. This permanent information infrastructure allows for the detection and measurement of trends, some of which detract from the quality of life in the City and require strategies to offset them, and others which have a positive impact that should be encouraged by the various policies.

Development of a permanent information infrastructure, will deepen the knowledge of the situation in the city of Porto interms of quality of life, as well as detect and measure developing trends over time.

Collecting information pertaining to how the citizens perceive their quality of life in the City is another of this System’s major objectives. Direct surveys of the inhabitants are carried out periodically, so that an objective evaluation of developing trends can be compared with the degree of satisfaction expressed by residents, on a regular basis.The indicators of the quality of life could be compared to other reference ratings: the Metropolitan Area of Porto, the whole of Portugal, other European cities.

Citizens’ perception of their quality of life in the City is another of this System’s major objectives.  Also for students, experts, …

The Porto City Council (Studies and Planning Unit) in cooperation with Macroeconomic Forecasting Research Centre of the Porto University’s Faculty of Economics.

Porto City Council
Portugal
http://www.cm-porto.pt
Isabel Martins, tel. +351 222097008

01/01/2003

case

Urban Policy > Social inclusion & integration

Quality of life