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.
This handbook informs the reader about how much progress we, the human race, have made in enhancing the quality of life on this planet. Many skeptics focus on how the quality of life has deteriorated over the course of human history, particularly given World War II and its aftermath. This handbook provides a positive perspective on the history of well-being. Quality of life, as documented by scientists worldwide, has significantly improved. Nevertheless, one sees more improvements in well-being in some regions of the world than in others. Why? This handbook documents the progress of...
This handbook informs the reader about how much progress we, the human race, have made in enhancing the quality of life on this planet. Many skeptics ...
