Author: Ben-Chieh LiuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic indicators
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Quality of Life Indicators in U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 1970
Author: Ben-Chieh LiuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic indicators
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Social Indicators
Author: Handbook of Quality of Life Research
Author: Robert W. MaransPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1789908795
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
This erudite Handbook demonstrates how multiple approaches have been used to conceptualize, measure, and model the complex issue of quality of life (QOL) and individual well-being, emphasizing place and space as critical factors in a meaningful QOL experience among diverse populations including special attention given to older adults.
Investigating Quality of Urban Life
Author: Robert W. MaransPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400717423
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
The study of quality of urban life involves both an objective approach to analysis using spatially aggregated secondary data and a subjective approach using unit record survey data whereby people provide subjective evaluations of QOL domains. This book provides a comprehensive overview of theoretical perspectives on QOUL and methodological approaches to research design to investigate QOUL and measure QOL dimensions. It incorporates empirical investigations into QOUL in a range of cities across the world.
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Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and DevelopmentPublisher:
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Category : Environmental engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Selling of the South
Author: James Charles CobbPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252061622
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
From the Great Depression to the Sunbelt Era the South has pursued industrial development as the remedy for its economic ills. The mixed results of this ongoing crusade are chronicled in this path-breaking study, updated to 1990, in which James Cobb examines the expectations, achievements, and side effects of the dive for southern industrialization.
Urban Geography in America, 1950-2000
Author: Brian J.L BerryPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134728581
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Urban Geography in America offers a comprehensive historiography of this major field. Compiling the best essays from the flagship journal Urban Geography , it shows the evolution of the field from the 1950s to 2000, as it shifted from data-driven social science modeling in the 1960s to the more critical perspectives of the 1970s to postmodernism in the 1980s to feminism and globalization in the 1990s. It covers all the major trends and figures, and features some of the most important names in the field. Ultimately, this will be a necessary reference for all scholars in the field and all graduate students taking introductory courses and preparing for their comprehensive exams.
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