Community Quality-of-Life Indicators -

Community Quality-of-Life Indicators

Best Cases II
Buch | Softcover
332 Seiten
2010 | Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006
Springer (Verlag)
978-90-481-7156-9 (ISBN)
181,89 inkl. MwSt
This book is the second in a series covering best practices in community quality-of-life (QOL) indicators. The first was published in 2004. The editors are M. Joseph Sirgy, Don Rahtz and Dong-Jin Lee. Volume 1 is a compilation of cases of best work in community indicators research. The cases describe communities that have launched their own community indicators programs. Elements that are included in the descr- tions are the history of the community indicators work within the target region, the planning of community indicators, the actual indicators that were selected, the data collection process, the reporting of the results and the use of the indicators to guide community development decisions and public policy. The chapters in Volume 1 are: Chapter 1: Vital Signs: Quality-of-Life Indicators for Virginia’s Technology Corridor by Terri Lynn Cornwell Chapter 2: The Sustainable Community Model Approach to the Development and Use of Multi-Dimensional Quality-of-Life Indicators by William T. Grunkemeyer and Myra L.

The Jacksonville, Florida, Experience.- Indicators as a Structural Framework for Social Change.- Indicators in Action: The Use of Sustainability Indicators in the City of Santa Monica.- A Measure and Method to Assess Subjective Community Quality of Life.- Perception and Evaluation of the Quality of Life in Florence, Italy.- City of Winnipeg Quality-of-Life Indicators.- Sustainable Seattle: The Case of the Prototype Sustainability Indicators Project.- Using Community Indicators to Improve the Quality of Life for Children: The Sacramento County Children’s Report Card.- Living in a Post-Apartheid City: A Baseline Survey of Quality of Life in Buffalo City.- Making Community Indicators Accessible Through the Census Information Center: Howard University, Portals to the Community, and the New American University.- Quality Indicators for Progress: A Guide to Community Quality-of-Life Assessments.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 22.11.2010
Reihe/Serie Social Indicators Research Series ; 28
Zusatzinfo X, 332 p.
Verlagsort Dordrecht
Sprache englisch
Maße 160 x 240 mm
Themenwelt Studium Querschnittsbereiche Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Sozialwissenschaften
Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10 90-481-7156-3 / 9048171563
ISBN-13 978-90-481-7156-9 / 9789048171569
Zustand Neuware
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