| Description |
xiii, 250 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Quality of life in cities : definition, approaches and research / Lim Lan Yuan, Belinda Yuen and Christine Low -- Quality of life, place and the global city / Robert J. Rogerson -- A psychometric evaluation of the comprehensive quality of life scale : fifth edition / Robert A. Cummins -- Can city QOL indicators be objective and relevant? towards a tool for sustaining urban development / Josef Leitmann -- Benchmarking Melbourne : indicators of liveability and competitiveness / Tammy Stokie -- Studies on quality of life of Singaporeans / Foo Tuan Seik, Belinda Yuen and Lawrence Chin -- Stability and change of subjective indicators of urban quality of life in Switzerland / Emil Walter-Busch -- Community indicator projects : practical tools for adddressing quality of life in communities / Kate Besleme, Elisa Maser and David Swain -- Urban metabolism as a framework for investigating quality of life and sustainable development in the Brisbane-Southeast Queensland metro region / Robert J. Stimson ... [et al.] -- Using persons-environmental perspectives as a measure of the quality of life in formal and informal settlements : a case study from Trinidad / David Brown -- Putting quality of life to the test / Ole Elstrup Rasmussen -- Strategy, change and performance measurement systems : an integrated framework / Dag Näslund and Gunnar Ericson -- Justifying urban quality : an ethics approach / Stephen Schwenke |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Cities and towns.
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City and town life.
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Quality of life.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Lim, Lan Yuan.
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Löw, Christine.
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Yuen, Belinda K. P.
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National University of Singapore. School of Building and Real Estate.
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| LC no. |
99912489 |
| ISBN |
9971692279 (paperback) |
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