URBAN AUDIT

EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL REGIONAL POLICY Territorial co-operation, urban actions and outermost regions Urban actions Survey on perceptions of quality of life in 75 European cities June 2007 The content of this brochure does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the institutions of the European Union. This survey has been contracted to Gallup-Hungary in the context of a Framework Contract with DG Communication (European Commission). It complements the work which is carried out in the context of the European Urban Audit. For more information www.urbanaudit.org http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu (after choosing the language, click “data” and then “urban audit”) Mailbox: urban-audit@ec.europa.eu And estat-urban-audit@ec.europa.eu (statistical questions) 2 This leaflet presents the results of the Urban Audit Perception Survey. This survey was conducted in November 2006 to measure the local perceptions of quality of life in 75 cities in the EU27, Croatia and Turkey. The survey was conducted by Gallup Hungary as a Flash/Eurobarometer survey. In each city, 500 randomly selected individuals were contacted. The respondents were taken from all parts of the cities. They were asked 23 questions about the quality of life in their city. Answers to the general questions about satisfaction to live in one’s own city are relatively uniformly positive. However, answers to specific questions express ...