Open Urban Studies and Demography Journal
2015, 1 : 16-22Published online 2015 December 31. DOI: 10.2174/2352631901401010016
Publisher ID: OUSDJ-1-16
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Quality Living Environment: a Public or Private a Matter
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Urban Design, Pylimo g. 26/1, LT –10223, Vilnius, Lithuania
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* Address correspondence to this author at the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Urban Design, Pylimo g. 26/1, LT – 10223, Vilnius, Lithuania; Tel: + 370 618 82300; Fax: +370 5 270 0112; E-mail: agne.ivanauskaite@vgtu.lt
ABSTRACT
Nowadays, one of the most important questions is the quality of living environment. The development of quality living environment deals with a conflict between publicity and privacy: who is responsible for creating quality living environment, where is the line between publicity and privacy, how the balance between publicity and privacy should be achieved? The article discusses modern-day issues and different opinions about publicity – privacy, from a viewpoint of creating quality living environment. The author accentuates the significance of community and role of individual in forming a quality living environment in contemporary world.