The work synthesizes past and current research on the quality of
urban life that has been done internationally. It emphasizes the
contributions of the urban environment to the overall well-being of
residents living in urban areas ranging in scale from small cities
and their hinterlands to metropolitan regions. By urban
environment, we mean the socio-physical aspects of urban living
ranging from individual dwellings and neighbourhoods to public
services (i.e. transportation, rubbish collection, etc.) to
neighbours and community organizations. The work emphasizes not
only perceptions of and behaviours within urban environments but
the actual conditions to which individuals are responding. That is,
the research covers both the subjective and behavioural aspects of
urban living but also the objective conditions which drive
them.
The work that has been underway is theoretically driven and will
contribute to knowledge in several academic disciplines. At the
same time, it is designed to inform public policy and planning in
each setting.
This book stems from a long period of collaborative research
between the editors, research colleagues, and their graduate
students. It als draws on collaborative research with international
scholars investigating aspects of urban quality of life in their
respective settings. Many of these efforts parallel work initiated
by the editors in metro Detroirt and in southeast Queensland. It
involvesresearch that incorporated theoretical and methodological
appraches to the conceptualizing and measuring quality of life. The
book will cover research designs that are based on both the
analysis and modelling of aggregate secondary data and
thecollection, analysis and modelling of primary survey data on
subjective urban quality of life. It also covers the interface of
survey data with spatial objective data using GIS techniques.
The book will comprise chapters which: 1) provide an overview of
theoretical perspectives on the study of urban quality of life; 2)
present research designs for the collection of data to measure and
model QoL domains; 3) provide a series of case studies of urban QoL
in a number of around the world."
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