The case studies in this book are best-practice community quality-of-life indicator systems implemented in various communities throughout the world. They take the reader from the initial planning stages through to the application of the data collected.
The case studies in this book are best-practice community quality-of-life indicator systems implemented in various communities throughout the world...
Community quality-of-life (QOL) indicators continue to gain attention and interest in their use as many communities and regions design and apply them. Evolving from early use as data systems, indicators are increasingly being integrated into overall planning and other public policy activities. Their use is found not only in monitoring and evaluation applications, but also in the context of increasing citizen partici- tion in guiding communities towards achieving desired goals. Indeed, the emphasis in many indicator applications now includes linking actions to outcomes making sure that the...
Community quality-of-life (QOL) indicators continue to gain attention and interest in their use as many communities and regions design and apply them....
This book contains best practices of community quality-of-life indicator systems implemented in various communities throughout the world.
The cases in this volume describe communities that have launched their own community indicators programs. Elements that are included in the descriptions are the history of the community indicators work within the target region, the planning of community indicators, the actual indicators that were selected, the data collection process, the reporting of the results, and the use of the indicators to guide community development decisions and public...
This book contains best practices of community quality-of-life indicator systems implemented in various communities throughout the world.
The proposed book is a sequel to volume 1-4 of Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases. The first volume, Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases was edited by M. Joseph Sirgy, Don Rahtz, and Dong-Jin Lee and published in 2004 by Kluwer Academic Publishers in the Social Indicators Research Book Series (volume 22). The second volume, Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases II was edited by M. Joseph Sirgy, Don Rahtz, and David Swain and published in published in 2006 by Springer in the Social Indicators Research Book Series (volume 28). The third and fourth volumes,...
The proposed book is a sequel to volume 1-4 of Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases. The first volume, Community Quality-of-Life Indicator...
This book describes communities that have launched their own community indicators programs. It covers the planning process, the indicators selected, data collection, the reporting of the results, and the use of the indicators to guide policy and development.
This book describes communities that have launched their own community indicators programs. It covers the planning process, the indicators selected, d...
This book describes communities that have launched their own community indicators programs. It covers the planning process, the indicators selected, data collection, the reporting of the results, and the use of the indicators to guide policy and development.
This book describes communities that have launched their own community indicators programs. It covers the planning process, the indicators selected, d...
