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Community Quality-of-Life Indicators

Best Cases II

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  • © 2006

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Editors:
  1. M. Joseph Sirgy

    1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, USA

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  2. Don Rahtz

    1. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, USA

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  3. David Swain

    1. Jacksonville Community Council, Inc., USA

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  • Contains the best practices of community indicators research

Part of the book series: Social Indicators Research Series (SINS, volume 28)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. The Jacksonville, Florida, Experience

    • J. Benjamin Warner
    Pages 1-22

  3. Indicators as a Structural Framework for Social Change

    • Charlotte Kahn
    Pages 23-42

  4. Indicators in Action: The Use of Sustainability Indicators in the City of Santa Monica

    • Genevieve Bertone, Shannon C. Parry, Dean Kubani, Jennifer Wolch
    Pages 43-60

  5. A Measure and Method to Assess Subjective Community Quality of Life

    • M. Joseph Sirgy, Don Rahtz
    Pages 61-73

  6. Perception and Evaluation of the Quality of Life in Florence, Italy

    • Filomena Maggino
    Pages 75-125

  7. City of Winnipeg Quality-of-Life Indicators

    • Peter Hardi, László Pintér
    Pages 127-176

  8. Sustainable Seattle: The Case of the Prototype Sustainability Indicators Project

    • Meg Holden
    Pages 177-201

  9. Using Community Indicators to Improve the Quality of Life for Children: The Sacramento County Children’s Report Card

    • Nancy Findeisen
    Pages 203-227

  10. Living in a Post-Apartheid City: A Baseline Survey of Quality of Life in Buffalo City

    • Robin Richards, Ellen Kamman
    Pages 229-247

  11. Making Community Indicators Accessible Through the Census Information Center: Howard University, Portals to the Community, and the New American University

    • Rodney D. Green, Maybelle T. Bennett, Haydar Kurban, Lorenzo Morris, Charles C. Verharen
    Pages 249-266

  12. Quality Indicators for Progress: A Guide to Community Quality-of-Life Assessments

    • Marian Chambers, David Swain
    Pages 267-321

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 323-329
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About this book

This book is the second in a series covering best practices in community quality-of-life (QOL) indicators. The first was published in 2004. The editors are M. Joseph Sirgy, Don Rahtz and Dong-Jin Lee. Volume 1 is a compilation of cases of best work in community indicators research. The cases describe communities that have launched their own community indicators programs. Elements that are included in the descr- tions 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. The chapters in Volume 1 are: Chapter 1: Vital Signs: Quality-of-Life Indicators for Virginia’s Technology Corridor by Terri Lynn Cornwell Chapter 2: The Sustainable Community Model Approach to the Development and Use of Multi-Dimensional Quality-of-Life Indicators by William T. Grunkemeyer and Myra L.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, USA

    M. Joseph Sirgy

  • College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, USA

    Don Rahtz

  • Jacksonville Community Council, Inc., USA

    David Swain

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