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.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council, National Academy Press, c 2002.

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Details

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 : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Subject

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

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Includes web resources.

Contents

Concept of Livability and Indicators -- Why Livability Matters -- Key Dimensions of Livability -- Livability and Indicators -- The Importance of Place and Connectedness -- People and Place -- Time and Place -- Place and Space: Connections Between Places -- Measurement and Analysis of Livability -- Developing Place-Based Indicators -- Measuring Accessibility -- The Decision-Support Process -- Context of Current Practices -- Data and Analysis Tools -- Data Availability -- Federal Data Provision -- Workshop Agenda and Participants -- Indentifying Data for Place-Based Decision Making.

ISBN

• 0309082609
• 9780309082600

LCCN

• 2002006877
• 40008847137

OCLC

• ocm49727709
• 49727709
• SCSB-8967856

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library