1.

Record Nr.

UNICASRML0296449

Autore

Euripides

Titolo

Aiace, Elettra, Trachinie, Filottete / Sofocle ; Introduzione di Umberto Albini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Garzanti, ©1981

ISBN

8811582695

Descrizione fisica

XLVIII,377 p. ; 19 cm

Collana

I grandi libri Garzanti - Cernusco : Garzanti ; 269

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Testo originale a fronte

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910956764403321

Titolo

The quality of life in Latin American cities : : markets and perception / / edited by Eduardo Lora ... [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : Inter-American Development Bank : , : World Bank, , [2010]

copyright 2010

ISBN

9780821382134

0821382136

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxvii, 263 pages : illustrations, maps ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Latin American development forum series

Altri autori (Persone)

LoraEduardo

Disciplina

306.09728/091732

Soggetti

Quality of life - Latin America

Cities and towns - Latin America

Latin America Social conditions

Latin America Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Copublication of the Inter-American Development Bank and the



World Bank."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

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

Sommario/riassunto

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