Community and Quality of Life
eBook - ePub

Community and Quality of Life

Data Needs for Informed Decision Making

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  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Community and Quality of Life

Data Needs for Informed Decision Making

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About this book

Quality of life... livability... sense of place. Communities across America are striving to define these terms and to bring them to life, as they make decisions about transportation systems and other aspects of planning and development.Community and Quality of Life discusses important concepts that undergird community life and offers recommendations for collaborative planning across space and time. The book explores: Livability as an ensemble concept, embracing notions such as quality of place and sustainability. It discusses how to measure the three legs of livability (social, economic, ecological) while accounting for politics and personal values. And the book examines how to translate broad ideas about livability into guidelines for policymakingPlace as more than location, including the natural, human-built, and social environments. The book discusses the impact of population changes over time, the links between regional and local identity, and other issuesTools for decision making in transportation and community planning. It reviews a variety of decision models and tools such as geographic information systems (GIS)"e;as well as public and private sources of relevant data.Including several case examples, this book will be important to planners, planning decision makers, planning educators and students, social scientists, community activists, and interested individuals.

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Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
  3. COMMITTEE ON IDENTIFYING DATA NEEDS FOR PLACE-BASED DECISION MAKING
  4. COMMITTEE ON GEOGRAPHY
  5. BOARD ON EARTH SCIENCES AND RESOURCES
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Preface
  8. Contents
  9. Executive Summary
  10. Introduction
  11. 1 Concept of Livability and Indicators
  12. 2 The Importance of Place and Connectedness
  13. 3 Measurement and Analysis of Livability
  14. 4 The Decision-Support Process
  15. 5 Data and Analysis Tools
  16. Appendixes
  17. Acronyms
  18. Index