Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.17234/SocEkol.34.2.1
What makes citizens satisfied? Ecological aspects of neighbourhood satisfaction in Croatian cities in socialist and post-socijalist housing estates
Jelena Zlatar Gamberožić
orcid.org/0000-0002-5835-3744
; Institute for social research in Zagreb
*
Mirjana Adamović
orcid.org/0000-0002-2132-9345
; Institute for social research in Zagreb
Željka Kordej-De Villa
; The institute of economics, Zagreb
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
Neighborhood satisfaction is one of dimensions of the quality of life. It is explored in relation to the perception of life satisfaction in urban areas, and regarded as an indicator of the quality of housing policies. Nowadays especially, the concept of life satisfaction includes ecological characteristics of the environment. This paper examines the ecological aspects of life satisfaction in large Croatian cities (Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek), and the ecological aspects of life satisfaction in large housing estates (LHE), built both in the socijalist and post-socialist periods. The research was conducted using mixed methodology; the questionnaire was applied on a sample of N=1,536 inhabitants, and focus groups were carried out with residents of socijalist and post-socialist housing estates. Th e results show that the residents of the cities and estates are most satisfied with natural resources, i.e. the quality of water and air, less satisfied with the level of noise, and least satisfied with the way waste is disposed and removed. In that regard, there are statistically signifi cant differences among cities, as well as estates, in relation to the period when they were built. Regarding the green infrastructure, previous research has shown that due to a lack of planning and the market conditions of post-socialist construction, the estates from this period have defi cient green areas. Furthermore, the residents of all estates think that the greening of the environment is a priority, due to climate change, but also for ensuring the quality of life in them.
Keywords
ecological aspects; green infrastructure; post-socialist estates; socialist estates; urban planing
Hrčak ID:
335601
URI
Publication date:
16.9.2025.
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