UID:
edoccha_9958099307802883
Format:
xxvii, 263 pages :
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illustrations, maps ;
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23 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-8213-8213-6
Series Statement:
Latin American development forum series
Content:
This book explores a new method of monitoring the quality of urban life, combining objective and subjective information to assess quality of life by using the market price of housing and individuals' life satisfaction in six Latin American cities: Bogota, Buenos Aires, Lima, Medellin, Montevideo and San Jose. Housing prices show how the market values characteristics of not only a house itself, but also its surroundings. Life satisfaction, though less measurable, can be approximated using a simple survey question. Those measurements can be used to answer questions such as the following:. What
Note:
"A Copublication of the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank."
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Latin American Cities: Their Origins, Achievements, and Problems; Chapter 2: Measuring Quality of Life in Latin America's Urban Neighborhoods: A Summary of Results from the City Case Studies; Chapter 3: Toward an Urban Quality of Life Index: Basic Theory and Econometric Methods; Chapter 4: Well-Being at the Subcity Level: The Buenos Aires Neighborhood Quality of Life Survey; Chapter 5: Quality of Life in Urban Neighborhoods of Bogotá and Medellín, Colombia
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Chapter 6: Pricing Amenities in Urban Neighborhoods of Costa RicaChapter 7: Influence of Individual, Urban, and Civil Society Spheres on Quality of Life in Metropolitan Lima, Peru; Chapter 8: Housing and Neighborhood Satisfaction in Montevideo, Uruguay; Index; Back cover
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-7837-6
Language:
English
