Community and quality of life : data needs for informed decision making

Community and quality of life : data needs for informed decision making / Committee on Identifying Data Needs for Place-Based Decision Making ; Committee on Geography.

Presents a study on the significant and growing need for more imformed consideration of complex an d interrelated impacts of transportation decisions on the livability of communities.

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Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Identifying Data Needs for Place-Based Decision Making, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Geography
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council, National Academy Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Quality of life > United States.
Quality of life > United States > Decision making.
Community development, Urban > United States.
Transportation > United States > Planning > Citizen participation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Community development, Urban
Quality of life
Transportation > Planning > Citizen participation
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Concept of Livability and Indicators
  • Why Livability Matters
  • Key Dimensions of Livability
  • Livability and Indicators
  • The Importance of Place and Connectedness
  • People and Place
  • Time and Place
  • Place and Space: Connections Between Places
  • Measurement and Analysis of Livability
  • Developing Place-Based Indicators
  • Measuring Accessibility
  • The Decision-Support Process
  • Context of Current Practices
  • Data and Analysis Tools
  • Data Availability
  • Federal Data Provision
  • Workshop Agenda and Participants
  • Indentifying Data for Place-Based Decision Making.

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