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1 online resource |
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Community quality-of-life indicators, Best Cases ; v. 4 |
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Community quality-of-life indicators : best cases series ; v. 4.
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| Contents |
The Influence of Quality-of-Life Research on Quality-of-Life: CLIQ Case Studies from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa / Heidi Elaine Attwood -- Regional Indicators of Well-Being: The Case of France / Florence Jany-Catrice, Grégory Marlier -- Understanding Glasgow: Developing a New Set of Health and Wellbeing Indicators for Use Within a City / Bruce Whyte -- The Monitoring System on Quality of Life of the City of Porto / Luis Delfim Santos, Isabel Martins -- State Level Applications: Developing a Policy Support and Public Awareness Indicator Project / Rhonda Phillips -- Partnerships Across Campuses and Throughout Communities: Community Engaged Research in California's Central San Joaquin Valley / Simón E. Weffer, James J. Mullooly -- Measuring Quality of Life in Border Cities: The Border Observatory Project in the US-Mexico Border Region / Devon McAslan, Mihir Prakash, David Pijawka -- The Fox River Region Leading Indicators for Excellence: The Benefits and Challenges of Regional Collaboration / Lora H. Warner -- Bridging Environmental Sustainability and Quality of Life in Metropolitan Atlanta's Urban Communities / Susannah Lee, Subhrajit Guhathakurta -- Building a "Quality in Work" Index in Spain / Jordi López-Tamayo, Vicente Royuela |
| Summary |
This book is the sixth in a series covering bet practices in community quality-of-life (QOL) indicators. The cases in this volume describe communities that have launched their own community indicators programs. Elements that are included in the descriptions 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. ¿ |
| Analysis |
Social sciences |
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Quality of Life |
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Regional planning |
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Quality of Life Research |
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Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Quality of life.
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Quality of life -- Evaluation
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Quality of Life
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quality of life.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Droit.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Quality of life
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Quality of life -- Evaluation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sirgy, M. Joseph
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Phillips, Rhonda
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Rahtz, Don R.
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| ISBN |
9789400765016 |
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9400765010 |
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