Community Quality-of-Life Indicators Best Cases II /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sirgy, M. Joseph (Editor), Rahtz, Don (Editor), Swain, David (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Social Indicators Research Series, 28
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Medical research.; Statistics.; Ecotoxicology.; Development economics.; Environmental economics.; Quality of life.; Social Sciences.; Social Sciences, general.; Quality of Life Research.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.; Development Economics.; Environmental Economics.

This book is second in a series covering best practices in community quality-of-life (QOL) indicators. The first volume in this series is a compilation of cases of best work in community indicators research. This second volume continues to build on the goal of the series and includes eleven cases (c...

Table of Contents:

• 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.