부산대학교 도서관

This study aims to review the concept and indicators of the Quality of Life(QoL) in general, to introduce the measuring method of the Quality of Life of Vancouver, Canada and to analyze the city planning and development of Vancouver and Gwangju from the viewpoint of the Quality of Life. There are a lot of various definitions of the Quality of Life according to the difference of the countries and their cultural backgrounds. The Quality of Life could be defined as "everything related to the alleviation and management of stress from living and working in a busy world city through the guaranteed life of the health and the gratification resulted from the realization of development potential".According to the results of analyzing the important city planning and development projects of Vancouver and Gwangju, the contents and democratization of city planning may be very vital to the Quality of Life in those cities. The interrelationship between the general measuring domains of the Quality of Life and the city planning sectors should be researched in more detail in the future.