Overview

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.   ​

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Author:   M. Joseph Sirgy ,  Rhonda Phillips ,  Don Rahtz
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2013 ed.
Volume:   4
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   5.679kg
ISBN:  

9789400765009

ISBN 10:   9400765002
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   05 June 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface.- Chapter 1: The Influence of Quality-of-Life Research on Quality-of-Life: CLIQ Case Studies from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; Heidi Atwood.- Chapter 2: Regional Indicators of Well-Being: The Case of France; Florence Jany-Catrice.- Chapter 3: Understanding Glasgow: Developing a New Set of Health and Wellbeing Indicators for Use within a City; Bruce Whyte and Andrew Lyon.- Chapter 4: The Monitoring System on Quality of Life of the City of Porto; Luis Delfim Santos and Isabel Martins.-Chapter 5: State Level Applications: Developing a Policy Support and Public Awareness Indicator Project; Rhonda Phillips, Hee Kyung Sung, and Andrea Whitsett.-Chapter 6: Partnerships Across Campuses and Throughout Communities:  Community Engaged Research in California’s Central San Joaquin Valley; Simon Weffer, James Mullooly, Dari Sylvester, Robin DeLugan, and Marcia Hernandez.-Chapter 7: Measuring Quality of Life in Border Cities: The Border Observatory Project in the US-Mexico Border Region; Devon McAslan, Mihir Prakash, David Pijawka, Subhrajit Guhathakurta, and Edward Sadalla.- Chapter 8: The Fox River Region Leading Indicators for Excellence: The Benefits and Challenges of Regional Collaboration; Lora Warner and Ashley Heath.- Chapter 9: Bridging Environmental Sustainability and Quality of Life in Metropolitan Atlanta’s Urban Communities; Susannah Lee and Subhrajit Guhathakurta.- Chapter 10: Building a “Quality in Work” Index in Spain; Jordi López-Tamayo, Vicente Royuela and Jordi Suriñach.

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