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Agnieszka Ptak-Wojciechowska
Faculty of Architecture, Poznań University of Technology, 61-131 Poznań, Poland

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Agnieszka Ptak-Wojciechowska, a PhD Student of the Doctoral School at Poznan University of Technology, graduated from the Poznan University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture in July 2019 with a Master of Science Engineer in Architecture degree. In October 2019, Msc. Agnieszka Ptak-Wojciechowska received a congratulatory letter for being an "Outstanding graduate of the Poznan University of Technology" awarded by the Rector. Author of publications on challenges in aging societies and sense-sensitive architectural design. Member of the Universal Design Lab. Her scientific interests are mainly related to healthcare architecture, age-friendly and universal design, quality of life, and sustainability. Agnieszka Ptak-Wojciechowska has been working as an Architect’s Assistant in design offices, working on different projects from residential to public buildings and healthcare objects.

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Published: 09 June 2021 in Sustainability
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Global challenges such as urbanization, aging societies, climate change, and environmental and water crises are becoming increasingly important in terms of the impact they might have on the quality of life (QoL) in cities. Appraisal instruments for QoL assessment, such as rankings and guides, should therefore include these aspects. The aim of this research was to verify the significance of water and climate-related aspects in assessment tools. A comparative analysis of 24 selected QoL assessment tools shows to what extent these aspects are included in the domains, criteria, and indicators proposed in the instruments. The method of verification is a comparison of the position of winning cities in QoL rankings and city resilience rankings. The results show that water and climate-related aspects are still underestimated in the QoL rankings and guides, and only a few cities with the highest quality of life ranked highly in sustainability and climate resiliency ratings. Our results suggest that the tools for the evaluation and comparison of cities need remodeling, taking into account the most important global risks and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in order to create aging-friendly and climate-neutral cities.

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Agnieszka Ptak-Wojciechowska; Anna Januchta-Szostak; Agata Gawlak; Magda Matuszewska. The Importance of Water and Climate-Related Aspects in the Quality of Urban Life Assessment. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6573 .

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Agnieszka Ptak-Wojciechowska, Anna Januchta-Szostak, Agata Gawlak, Magda Matuszewska. The Importance of Water and Climate-Related Aspects in the Quality of Urban Life Assessment. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (12):6573.

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Agnieszka Ptak-Wojciechowska; Anna Januchta-Szostak; Agata Gawlak; Magda Matuszewska. 2021. "The Importance of Water and Climate-Related Aspects in the Quality of Urban Life Assessment." Sustainability 13, no. 12: 6573.

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Published: 24 April 2021 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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This article aims to compare the international tools assessing the quality of life and to carry out their multifaceted qualitative analysis, emphasizing spatial aspects (architecture, urban planning) and demographic changes. Comparative analysis of three guidelines and 13 rankings includes a comparison of a wide range of domains (2–15), criteria (4–66), and indices (22–223). The already observed worldwide trends of aging societies and increasing urban populations have largely drawn the attention of researchers to the urban life quality. Since the early 1990s, many international tools have been developed for that purpose. Although urban practitioners progressively rely on instruments measuring urban quality of life, in the development of urban policy, there is still little research comparing the already available appraisal instruments in view of their measurement criteria. The results of the research on the global tools show that there are major differences between them, either in view of the purpose, the contracting authorities, research focus group, scale, or in view of the importance of spatial and demographic factors. Such findings can contribute to the development of local guidelines and recommendations for self-government authorities and communities, in this the seniors and future generations, in view of improving the urban life quality.

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Agata Gawlak; Magda Matuszewska; Agnieszka Ptak. Inclusiveness of Urban Space and Tools for the Assessment of the Quality of Urban Life—A Critical Approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 4519 .

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Agata Gawlak, Magda Matuszewska, Agnieszka Ptak. Inclusiveness of Urban Space and Tools for the Assessment of the Quality of Urban Life—A Critical Approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (9):4519.

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Agata Gawlak; Magda Matuszewska; Agnieszka Ptak. 2021. "Inclusiveness of Urban Space and Tools for the Assessment of the Quality of Urban Life—A Critical Approach." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 9: 4519.