Investigating Quality of Urban Life
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Investigating Quality of Urban Life: Theory, Methods, and Empirical Research

Investigating Quality of Urban Life: Theory, Methods, and Empirical Research

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The study of quality of urban life involves both an objective approach to analysis using spatially aggregated secondary data and a subjective approach using unit record survey data whereby people provide subjective evaluations of  QOL domains. This book provides a comprehensive overview of theoretical perspectives on QOUL and methodological approaches to research design to investigate QOUL and measure QOL dimensions. It incorporates empirical investigations into QOUL in a range of cities across the world.

Table of Contents:
Preface.- List of contributors.- Introduction.- 1. An overview of quality of urban life - Robert W. Marans, Robert Stimson.- Part I: Approaches to the study of quality of life and quality of urban life.- 2. Objective measurement of quality of life using secondary data analysis - Robert Stimson, Robert W. Marans.- 3. Subjective measurement of quality of life using primary data collection and the analysis of survey data - Rod McCrea, Robert W. Marans, Robert Stimson, John Western.- 4.The evolution of integrative approaches to the analysis of quality of urban life - Rod McCrea, Robert Stimson, Robert W. Marans.- Part II: Empirical studies of the objective measurement of quality of urban life.- 5. Amenities, quality of life and regional development - Gordon Mulligan, John Carruthers.- 6. Variations in objective quality of urban life across a city region: The case of Phoenix - Subhrajit Guhathakurta, Ying Cao.- Part III: Empirical studies of the subjective assessment of quality of urban life illustrated by a selection of case studies.- 7. The quality of life in metro Detroit at the beginning of the millennium - Robert W. Marans, Byoung-Suk Kweon.- 8. The Brisbane-South East Queensland region, Australia: Subjective assessment of quality of urban life and changes over time - Robert Stimson, Rod McCrea, John Western.- 9. Measuring quality of urban life in Istanbul - Handan Türkoğlu, Fulin Bölen, Perver Korça Baran, Fatih Terzi.- 10. The quality of urban life and neighbourhood satisfaction in Famagusta, Northern Cyprus - Derya Oktay, Ahmet Rustemli.- 11. The quality of life in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Neighbourhood quality as a major component of residential satisfaction - Abul Mukim Mozammel Haque Mridha, Gary Moore.- 12. The Salzburg quality of urban life study with GIS support - Alexander G. Keul, Thomas Prinz.- 13. Subjective quality of life in Queensland:Comparing metropolitan, regional, and rural areas - Rod McCrea, Mark Western, Tung-Kai Shyy.- 14. Comparing urban and rural quality of life in the State of Washington - Benjamin Messer, Don Dillman.- Part IV: Innovations in modelling quality of urban life data.- 15. Modelling determinants of subjective QOUL at different geographic scales: The case of the Brisbane-SEQ region” - Rod McCrea, John Western, and Robert Stimson.- 16. Disaggregating the measurement of quality of urban life dimensions across a complex metro region: the case of Metro Detroit - Byung-Suk Kweon, Robert W. Marans.- 17. A spatial clustering approach analysing types of objective quality of urban life using spatial data for survey respondents: South-East Queensland, Australia - Rod McCrea.- 18. Using GIS to derive region-wide patterns of quality of urban life dimensions: Illustrated with data from the Brisbane-SEQ region - Prem Chhetri, Robert Stimson, John Western.- The way forward.- 19. Challenges for quality of urban life research - Robert W. Marans, Robert Stimson.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9789400717411
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 456
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 9400717415
  • Publisher Date: 01 Sep 2011
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Theory, Methods, and Empirical Research


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