Development of quality of life economic indicators with regard to the environment

Quality of life is a very complex concept and is influenced by several factors, one of which is the quality of environment. Increase in quality of environment calls for greening of social development, awareness of all segments of society, legal and economic instruments, planning processes, but especially industrial and other economic sectors, as well as the local economy. At first glance it may seem that if the overall economic development of the country, in which the individual lives, is good it also ensures growing trend in quality of life. Unfortunately global experience does not confirm this argument. Countries with above average economic growth may have limited respect for human rights, increased greenhouse gas emissions, etc. The aim of this paper is to highlight the link between quality of life and environmental quality in 10 selected countries. We use the results of our own analysis; we base our research on the evaluation of selected indicators, which support our efforts. The aim is to highlight the development of human development index, environmental performance index and corruption perception index in selected countries (c) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.