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Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases VI

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Editors:
  1. M. Joseph Sirgy

    1. Pamlin College of Business, Dept. Marketing, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, USA

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  2. Rhonda Phillips

    1. School of Community, Resources & Development, Arizona State University, Phoenix, USA

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  3. Don Rahtz

    1. Mason School of Business, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, USA

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  • Contains cases that reflect best practices in community indicator projects, in the context of the overall book series
  • Contains latest findings on community Quality of Life ?
  • Edited by a team of experts in the field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Community Quality-of-Life Indicators (CQLI, volume 4)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
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  2. The Influence of Quality-of-Life Research on Quality-of-Life: CLIQ Case Studies from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    • Heidi Elaine Attwood
    Pages 1-18

  3. Regional Indicators of Well-Being: The Case of France

    • Florence Jany-Catrice, Grégory Marlier
    Pages 19-44

  4. Understanding Glasgow: Developing a New Set of Health and Wellbeing Indicators for Use Within a City

    • Bruce Whyte, Andrew Lyon
    Pages 45-76

  5. The Monitoring System on Quality of Life of the City of Porto

    • Luis Delfim Santos, Isabel Martins
    Pages 77-98

  6. State Level Applications: Developing a Policy Support and Public Awareness Indicator Project

    • Rhonda Phillips, HeeKyung Sung, Andrea Whitsett
    Pages 99-117

  7. Partnerships Across Campuses and Throughout Communities: Community Engaged Research in California’s Central San Joaquin Valley

    • Simón E. Weffer, James J. Mullooly, Dari E. Sylvester, Robin M. DeLugan, Marcia D. Hernandez
    Pages 119-141

  8. 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, Edward Sadalla
    Pages 143-169

  9. The Fox River Region Leading Indicators for Excellence: The Benefits and Challenges of Regional Collaboration

    • Lora H. Warner, Ashley A. Heath
    Pages 171-206

  10. Bridging Environmental Sustainability and Quality of Life in Metropolitan Atlanta’s Urban Communities

    • Susannah Lee, Subhrajit Guhathakurta
    Pages 207-231

  11. Building a “Quality in Work” Index in Spain

    • Jordi López-Tamayo, Vicente Royuela, Jordi Suriñach
    Pages 233-262

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 263-264
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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.   ​

Editors and Affiliations

  • Pamlin College of Business, Dept. Marketing, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, USA

    M. Joseph Sirgy

  • School of Community, Resources & Development, Arizona State University, Phoenix, USA

    Rhonda Phillips

  • Mason School of Business, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, USA

    Don Rahtz

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