China’s impressive growth has been accompanied by huge rural-urban divide and social sacrifice of many including rural-urban migrants. Reflecting on the documentary Last Train Home (2009) by Lixin Fan, this paper identifies and examines the life of rural-urban migrants in China in terms of poverty-reduction, child-care, education and equal opportunities for a better life. By comparing the seemi...

A preliminary foray into recent research on physical environmental conditions in Kota Ambon, reveals disturbing trends of ecosystem degradation and decline in quality of life for urban residents. Rapid population growth and urbanization activities have taken a massive toll on Ambon’s coastal environment, and in turn, environmental degradation is progressively undermining the quality of life of ...

Chunli Liao1, Xiaobo Liu1,2* and Linna Shan1* 1College of Life Science and Engineering, Henan University of Urban Construction, Pingdingshan 467036, Henan, China 2School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong *Corresponding authors: Xiaobo Liu, College of Life Science and Engineering, Henan University of Urban Construction, Henan, China, Tel: 8603752089090; Fax: 86037520...

Complex situations of today's life have led to the complexity of urban life issues and not pay attention to the quality of life. Studies in this field are increasingly gaining the attention of urban planners and policymakers due to its usefulness in assessing and monitoring public policies, also they can use as effective tools in urban management and planning. This study investigated the QOL in...