Quality Of Life

According to the research done by UN Human Development Index, 2005, Australia is the third most livable country in the year 2005 based on the citizen's quality of life rather than bringing into account Australia's economic figures (www.wikipedia.org, 18/11/2006). "Quality of life is both objective and subjective. Each of these two axes comprises several domains which, together, define the total construct. Objective domains are measured through culturally relevant indices of objective well-being. Subjective domains are measured through questions of satisfaction." (http://acqol.deakin.edu.au/introduction/index.htm, 18/11/2006). This essay will compare and contrast the quality of life for young people living in small rural communities in Australia with quality of life in Australian capital cities. The change of lifestyles in this day and age which will have an effect on the quality of life, especially of the younger generation, is due to the rapid developments in modern societies. These changes can be seen in infrastructures such as hospital facilities, education, job and business opportunities and also in the differences in pace of life apparent in these two diverse lifestyles.

Leading a peaceful way of life is a very important principle in (the) majority of Australia(Ð''s) youth today. The significance of Ð''a peaceful way of life' is (one) (led) by someone with little stress and (prone to be) more relaxed. It is proven that by leading a peaceful way of life, it will lead to a (healthier) life. This is due to the positive response(s) and optimistic attitude towards life young people harvest while staying in rural communities. The reason(s) ( ) why rural community's settlers are less stress(ed) (are) due to several factors such as(;) less traffic congestion, less stress at work and less noise pollution.

(-Note: if u use Ð''secondly' don't use Ð''another'-)Another reason why living in rural communities is (considered more favourable) is because (of a lower level of pollution than when) compared to the cities. Since rural areas tend to have more (residential) houses (rather) than industrial sites, ( ) taking into account that a rural community is smaller in area than a city, there is less air pollution(.)(This is because) rural communit(y) settlers do not need (as) much motor vehicles to travel around. At the same time, there will also be less noise pollution from motor vehicles(,) which (is a known cause of increasing) the stress level of (an individual).

On the other hand, (a) disadvantage of living in rural areas is that there are fewer facilities such as (that of) hospital(s) and education-based (structures) (which includes) internet access provider. This problem is believed to be due to poor public transport (systems) that has failed to provide ( ) means for young people to reach facilities ( ) outside the(ir) rural communit(ies) (and) vice versa. The fact that rural areas are often (more isolated than cities means (that there is greater difficulty in transporting goods and new facilities to these areas.) "The Commission concluded that the major sources of problems of rural people were lack of organization, failure of rural social institutions, and inadequate infrastructures, rather than the failure of the industrial capitalism system."(Summers.G, 1986, Annual Review of Sociology, Rural Community Development, (12): 348)

Next is the (statistics of) suicide rate. It is proven that the suicide rate in Australia's rural area is higher