地处秦巴腹地的陕南地区正在开展一项大规模的避险移民工程。此项工程意在通过涵养自然生态、推进地区产业转型和城市就业、加大新城新区建设等以达到防灾、扶贫和提高城乡居民生活水平的目的。本文建议在秦巴山区开展以评估人居生活质量为主题的纵向社会学研究。此项研究主要依靠当地居民从个体视角出发，对生活状况的综合主观评价来衡量移民工程的社会意义。研究重点关注三类人群：已经完成搬迁安置的新移民，尚未搬迁——其中包括在未来有移民意向的农村居民，以及移民迁入地区的原有城镇居民。此项研究可以用于监测移民工程和城乡建设的进展，分析此工程对各个社会群体民生状况的现实影响，并对当地及其他地区政府的后续的政策规划提供参考意见。以此为出发点，本文综述了在社会学领域内生活质量研究的理论发展和研究体系，并针对秦巴山区的具体状况提出了若干建议。

In recent years, a major migration program has been underway in the Qinba Mountain Area of China’s Shaanxi Province, and the initiative aims of this program are to alleviate poverty, prevent natural disasters, and improve the life quality for local residents. This paper suggests a longitudinal program of research in the Qinba Mountain Area that focuses on measuring progress in enhancing quality of life for the local population. This research aims at understanding the social implications of migration, and is primarily based on the population's views about their lives. In this paper, three population groups are impacted by the migration program — migrants who have moved to the new urban developments; the extant rural population (some of whom may eventually become migrants); and the residents in existing cities and towns affected by the new urban development. Such research can be used to monitor the program's progress, identify the program's reality effect on each group, and contribute to future planning and policy making in Shaanxi and other Chinese provinces. This paper briefly reviews the theoretical and methodological aspects of quality of life research, and outlines an approach for conducting a study in the Qinba Mountain Area.