Double view at the quality of life in districts (LAU1) of the Czech Republic

The economic development, observed implicitly by the level, respectively by the development of the quality of life, is characterized more or less by heterogeneous economic, social, demographic, ecologic and other indicators. Variable approach to the definition of the quality of life and its indicators is further modified in case of an investigation at the lower than the national level. The paper focuses in detail on economic and social aspects of the quality of life at the level of districts (LAU1) of the Czech Republic. Problems stem for example from unavailability of data on a given or lower hierarchy levels. In some cases, the obtained data comes from sample surveys and they can be insufficiently representative considering a lower hierarchy level. In other cases, it is not possible to analyze data obtained at higher levels. However, the information about the quality of life and its aspects at the districts and lower levels is essential, at least from the point of view their functioning and sustainable development, whose strategy is hard to define if there is a lack of data and information. The aim of the paper is to assess the possibility of using quality of life indicators at the various hierarchy levels, especially at the level of Czech districts (LAU1)