Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases VI

1. Front Matter

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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

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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.   ​

• Best Practices of Community quality-of-life indicator systems
• Building Quality of Life in Spain
• Case Studies: Community Quality of Life
• Community Research in California’s Central San Joaquin Valley
• Health and Well-Being in Glasgow
• Indicators of Well-Being
• Influence of Quality of Life Research
• Measuring Quality of Life in Border Cities
• Monitoring Quality of Life of the City of Porto
• Quality of Life Case Sudies from Kwa-Zulu-Natal, South Africa
• Quality of Life in Metropolitan Atlanta’s Urban Communities
• Quality of Life in the city of Porto
• The Fox River Region Leading Indicators
• Understanding Quality of Life in Glasgow
• landscape/regional and urban planning

• 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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