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This study is aimed at assessing the Quality of Living in the Cities of California, USA based on the accessibility to the services within a given range of distance. This was done using integrating Network Analysis (Accessibility Analysis and Location-Allocation Models) and MCDA technique. Accessibility analysis was performed on 14 services using service area analysis where availability to services within 1km,2km and 5km was assessed. Using AHP weights were given to the services and spatial suitability map was generated using Suitability analysis L-A Model is used to suggest the location of new facilities to improve the spatial distribution of the services which can help in enhancing the QoL in the cities of California. In terms of accessibility School has the highest coverage of 91% while shopping services had the coverage of 90% and police stations showed lowest coverage of 40%. Location-Allocation model suggested some new locations for the essential services like Education, Emergency for better coverage all over the state. In suitability Analysis it was found that 48% population is residing in areas within 80-100% Suitability which includes major cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco while around 39% of the total population is living in the areas with low quality of life whereas 11% of the total population is living in areas with moderate QoL. After regression analysis relationship between accessibility to services and population was found positive.
Keywords– Suitability Analysis, Quality of life, Network Analysis, AHP, MCDA.
