2 options
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.
LIBRA HN60 .C64 2002
Available from offsite location
Van Pelt Library HN60 .C64 2002
Mixed Availability
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quality of life--United States.
- Quality of life.
- Transportation.
- Planning.
- Political participation.
- Decision making.
- United States.
- Quality of life--United States--Decision making.
- Community development, Urban--United States.
- Community development, Urban.
- Transportation--United States--Planning--Citizen participation.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 184 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2002]
- Contents:
- 1 Concept of Livability and Indicators 23
- Why Livability Matters 23
- Key Dimensions of Livability 32
- Livability and Indicators 34
- 2 The Importance of Place and Connectedness 55
- People and Place 55
- Time and Place 67
- Place and Space: Connections Between Places 71
- 3 Measurement and Analysis of Livability 77
- Developing Place-Based Indicators 81
- Measuring Accessibility 92
- 4 The Decision-Support Process 103
- Context of Current Practices 104
- 5 Data and Analysis Tools 131
- Data Availability 137
- A Federal Data Provision 151
- B Workshop Agenda and Participants 153
- C Indentifying Data for Place-Based Decision Making 171.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0309082609
- OCLC:
- 49727709
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.