Beyond Availability and Accessibility: Relational and Informal Aspects of Urban Quality of Life
摘要
This chapter analyses relational aspects of quality of life and shows the desire for spaces to exercise individual agency and informality offside a well-organized system. I present a collection of relevant places to the participant families in the neighborhoods of residence and online, with a focus on sociability as the substantial freedom of encounter, trying to differentiate but also to set into dialogue the research results about the quality of life of children and adults. I argue that social capital as a by-product of relationships is a key conversion factor to orientate and act in Vienna, as it allows processes of informal learning and learning en passant, and that migrants are penalized in this regard. I also reflect on the ambivalent effects of the pandemic on the quality of life of EU-migrant families.