Research Catalog

Title

Community and quality of life : data needs for informed decision making / Committee on Identifying Data Needs for Place-Based Decision Making ; Committee on Geography ; Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2002], ©2002.

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Additional Authors

• National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Identifying Data Needs for Place-Based Decision Making.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Geography.

Description

xvi, 184 pages, 6 pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color); 24 cm

Subjects

• Quality of life > United States
• Quality of life > United States > Decision making
• Transportation > United States > Planing > Citizen participation
• Community development, Urban > United States > Citizen participation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Concept of Livability and Indicators. Why Livability Matters. Key Dimensions of Livability. Livability and Indicators -- 2. The Importance of Place and Connectedness. People and Place. Time and Place. Place and Space: Connections Between Places -- 3. Measurement and Analysis of Livability. Developing Place-Based Indicators. Measuring Accessibility -- 4. The Decision-Support Process. Introduction. Context of Current Practices -- 5. Data and Analysis Tools. Introduction. Data Availability. App. A. Federal Data Provision -- App. B. Workshop Agenda and Participants -- App. C. Identifying Data for Place-Based Decision Making.

ISBN

0309082609

LCCN

2002006877

OCLC

• ocm49727709
• SCSB-9241812

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries