| Community Quality-Of-Life Indicators: Best Cases IV 2009 Edition Contributor(s): Sirgy, M. Joseph (Editor), Phillips, Rhonda (Editor), Rahtz, Don (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9048122422 ISBN-13: 9789048122424 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: This book contains "best practices" of community quality-of-life indicator systems implemented in various communities throughout the world. 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Research - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development |
| Dewey: 306.09 |
| Series: Community Quality-Of-Life Indicators |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.13 lbs) 213 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Community indicators projects are plentiful. These projects capture the quality of life in towns, cities, counties, metropolitan regions, and larger geographic regions. Community quality-of-life (QOL) indicators are increasingly being integrated into overallplanningandotherpublicpolicyactivities.Thecommunityindicatorsproject reports are used not only in monitoring and evaluation applications but also in the context of increasing citizen participation in guiding communities towards achieving desired goals. This is the fourth book in a series covering best practices in community QOL indicators. Each volume presents individual cases (chapters) of communities at the local or regional levels that have designed and implemented community indi- tors programs. In Volume IV, we present nine chapters from a variety of contexts: cities such as the City of Phoenix (Arizona, USA), Jacksonville (Florida, USA), and Bristol (UK), suburban communities areas such as Long Island (New York, USA) and Sydney (Australia), larger regions such as Vancouver (Canada), and townships such as Sobantu (South Africa). |