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Research Article, Geoinfor Geostat An Overview Vol: 1 Issue: 3

The Five Qualities of Life in Europe: Multidimensional Spatial Typology of Countries with a Special Attention to Ukraine

Iryna Gukalova*
Department of Natural Resources and sustainable development, Institute of Geography of National academy of sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Corresponding author : Iryna Gukalova
Department of Natural Resources and sustainable development, Institute of Geography of National academy of sciences of Ukraine, 01030 Kyiv, Volodymyrska str.44, apt.102
Tel: +380442342176 E-mail: gukalova@online.ua
Received: April 01, 2013 Accepted: June 10, 2013 Published: June 18, 2013
Citation: Gukalova I (2013) The Five Qualities of Life in Europe: Multidimensional Spatial Typology of Countries with a Special Attention to Ukraine. Geoinfor Geostat: An Overview 1:3. doi:10.4172/2327-4581.1000108

Abstract

The Five Qualities of Life in Europe: Multidimensional Spatial Typology of Countries with a Special Attention to Ukraine

Which of regions in Europe is the most attractive? Where is it best to live and work – on objective grounds? This article offers a method of typology of the European states from a viewpoint of their development under four dimensions of quality of life: competitiveness of the economy, social well-being, environmental performance and penetration of post-industrial tendencies.

Keywords: Quality of life; Social geography; Spatial analysis; Cluster analysis; Diversity; Typology; Ukraine; Europe

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