Community and Quality of Life: Data Needs for Informed Decision Making

National Research Council

doi:10.17226/10262

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Community and Quality of Life

Data Needs for Informed Decision Making

(2002)

"Quality of life"..."livability"..."sense of place." Communities across America are striving to define these terms and to bring them to life, as they make decisions about transportation systems and other aspects of planning and development.

Community and Quality of Life discusses important concepts that undergird community life and offers recommendations for collaborative planning across space and time. The book explores:

Livability as an ensemble concept, embracing notions such as quality of place and sustainability. It discusses how to measure the "three legs" of livability (social, economic, ecological) while accounting for politics and personal values. And the book examines how to translate broad ideas about livability into guidelines for policymaking
Place as more than location, including the natural, human-built, and social environments. The book discusses the impact of population changes over time, the links between regional and local identity, and other issues
Tools for decision making in transportation and community planning. It reviews a variety of decision models and tools such as geographic information systems (GIS)—as well as public and private sources of relevant data.

Including several case examples, this book will be important to planners, planning decision makers, planning educators and students, social scientists, community activists, and interested individuals.

Contributor(s): National Research Council; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Board on Earth Sciences and Resources; Committee on Identifying Data Needs for Place-Based Decision Making; Committee on Geography

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National Research Council. 2002. Community and Quality of Life: Data Needs for Informed Decision Making. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/10262.

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207 pages | 6 x 9 |

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Hardcover: 978-0-309-08260-0
Ebook: 978-0-309-17014-7

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/10262

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-xvi
Executive Summary	1-10
Introduction	11-22
1 Concept of Livability and Indicators	23-54
2 The Importance of Place and Connectedness	55-76
3 Measurement and Analysis of Livability	77-102
4 The Decision-Support Process	103-130
5 Data and Analysis Tools	131-152
Appendix A Federal Data Provision	153-166
Appendix B Workshop Agenda and Participants	167-170
Appendix C Identifying Data for Place-Based Decision Making	171-174
Acronyms	175-176
Index	177-191

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