Overview
- Brings together multiple diverse perspectives on quality of life and community well-being from around the globe
- Provides the latest research and perspectives on social factors and policy related to community well-being
- Presents foundational concepts and perspectives to foster interest and future research in community well-being
Part of the book series: Community Quality-of-Life and Well-Being (CQLWB)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- Measuring Happiness
- Community Well-Being
- Perpectives on Quality of Life
- Creating Child Friendly Environments
- Community Well-Being Using System Dynamics
- Social Support Systems for Bereaved Students
- Indicators of Community and Subjective Wellbeing
- Well-Being of Residents in Xiamen
- Measurement of Community Wellbeing in a Muslim Community
- Community Wellbeing Data Collection Methodology
- Hangzhou Citizens’ Subjective Wellbeing
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Seung Jong Lee is a Professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University. Previously, he served as the president of the Korean Association for Public Administration and as chief editor of several academic journals in related fields. He has frequently advised local and national governments through such positions as chairman of the Local Government Administration Joint Evaluation Committee, vice-chairman of the Presidential Committee on Local District Reorganization Plans, and member of the presidential transition committee. He has not only done extensive research on citizen participation and local autonomy but has also been a strong advocate and educator in the field. He is the author of Theories of Local Autonomy, and Democratic Politics and Citizen Participation.
Rhonda G. Phillips, Ph.D., FAICP is a member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners (FAICP). At Purdue University, Rhonda is inaugural Dean of the Honors College, and Professor, Agricultural Economics Department at Purdue University. She is author or editor of several books, including The Handbook of Community Well-Being (2017, Springer), and The Handbook of Community Development, Perspectives from Across the Globe (2018, Routledge). She is editor of two book series, Community Quality of Life and Well-Being and editor of Community Development Research and Practice. She served as president of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies, and on the Board of Directors for the Community Indicator Consortium. Along with Seung Jong Lee, she is co-editor of the new Springer journal, The International Journal of Community Well-Being.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Perspectives on Community Well-Being
Editors: Youngwha Kee, Seung Jong Lee, Rhonda Phillips
Series Title: Community Quality-of-Life and Well-Being
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15115-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15114-0Published: 10 May 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-15115-7Published: 30 April 2019
Series ISSN: 2520-1093
Series E-ISSN: 2520-1107
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 224
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quality of Life Research, Community and Environmental Psychology, Social Policy