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The paper concerns the analysis of the evolution of Quality of Life (QOL) in Italy considering the size of the cities and the geo-economic division of the country. In particular, starting from the model of the Three Italies elaborated by Bagnasco in the seventies, it shows the linkages existing between different types of socioeconomic development and living conditions in the Italian regions. Ranks based on social indicators and survey data are presented in order to quantify and compare QOL during the last 12 years in the ex-industrial and metropolitan regions of the North-West, in the multi-cephalic urban system of the North-East-Center as well as in the poor Meridione. New possible trends in the evolution of QOL are also presented.
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Nuvolati, G. (2003). Socioeconomic Development and Quality of Life in Italy. In: Sirgy, M.J., Rahtz, D., Samli, A.C. (eds) Advances in Quality-of-Life Theory and Research. Social Indicators Research Series, vol 20. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0387-1_6
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