This is the online first version published on 2021-01-07. Read the most recent version. Infrastructure as an aspect of quality of life and its influence on life satisfaction in small towns of the German region type central location Authors Philipp Gareis Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5093-992X Christian Diller Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen Bärbel Winkler-Kühlken Institut für Stadtforschung und Strukturpolitik (IfS) DOI: https://doi.org/10.14512/rur.9 Keywords: Small town, Life satisfaction, Infrastructure, Case study analysis Abstract According to most (inter)national studies, life satisfaction in small towns is higher than in other types of towns with more inhabitants. With a population survey in eight German cities, we examine the importance of the infrastructure as an aspect of quality of life and the accessibility of infrastructure for local life satisfaction and whether or not the factor of social cohesion has a stronger impact on life satisfaction. The results show a differentiated picture: First, the infrastructure offer, as an aspect of objectively measurable quality of life does not have the greatest impact on life satisfaction. The population of the small towns in central locations apparently takes advantage of the infrastructure offers of their neighbouring towns and other places. Somehow, they are very satisfied with life on site, despite a low level of satisfaction with the infrastructure. The study thus tends to confirm the borrowing size concept, according to which small towns in the surrounding area benefit from the functions of the core city. On the other hand, the two factors of social cohesion and satisfaction with the performance of the local administration are closely related to the individual life satisfaction on site. For further research, the question arises, as which factors can explain local common sense best and how this can be improved through political measures. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads PDF (German) HTML (German) Published 2021-01-07 Versions 2021-02-25 (2) 2021-01-07 (1) Issue Vol. 79 No. 1 (2021) Section Research Article License Copyright (c) 2021 Philipp Gareis, Christian Diller, Bärbel Winkler-Kühlken This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Articles in Raumforschung und Raumordnung – Spatial Research and Planning are published under a Creative Commons license. From Vol. 79 No. 2 (2021), the license applied is CC BY 4.0. From Vol. 77 No. 1 to Vol. 79 No.1, articles were published under a CC BY-SA license. Earlier volumes have been re-published by oekom 2022 under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License CC BY 4.0. How to Cite 1.Gareis P, Diller C, Winkler-Kühlken B. Infrastructure as an aspect of quality of life and its influence on life satisfaction in small towns of the German region type central location. RuR [Internet]. 2021 Jan. 7 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];79(1). Available from: https://rur.oekom.de/index.php/rur/article/view/9 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX
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