Post on 27-Mar-2015
What is your Quality of Life like?
Quality of Life – How content people are with their lives and with the environment in which they live
Quality of Life varies
• from place to place
• from family to family
• from person to person
Contentment includes many things:
• How happy we are
• How well we are (health)
• How well off we are
• How safe and secure we feel
• How many friends we have
• how many things there are for us to do
• how we like the place where we live
• and many more ….
Measuring Quality of LifeTraffic congestion
Air pollution
crime
Litter / graffiti
Race relations
Community spirit
Affordable housing
cultural
Jobs / work
Health services
ChildrenTeenagers
adults
elderly
disabled
shops
schools
Public transport
Open space / parks
Sports and leisure amenities
PLENARY ACTIVITY
• The next slide shows four images …
• CAN you classify them into two pairs? (locations?)
• CAN you suggest one problem affecting the ‘quality of life’ for a person living in each of the places?
• CAN you suggest one advantage improving the ‘quality of life’ for a person living in each of the places?