Urban quality of life(QOL) is recently considered as the important determinant of inter-urban migration and industrial location choice. However, there is little concensus in the method of measurement of QOL. This study provides an theoretical framewor...
Urban quality of life(QOL) is recently considered as the important determinant of inter-urban migration and industrial location choice. However, there is little concensus in the method of measurement of QOL. This study provides an theoretical framework of the measurement of QOL, and developes a new method, a multi-year multi-dimensional distance index model. Based on the theoretical framework and the method, the QOLs of 74 urban areas in Korea are measured, and the determinants of the QOL and the changes of the QOL between two years of 1993 and 1995 are analyzed. The results of the analysis are as follows: 1) The interurban differences of the QOL tend to be intensified over time. 2) The QOLs of the cities in the Capital Region are relatively deteriorated. 3) The conditions of education culture leisure life determine over 65% of the QOL of the Korean cities.