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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458499403321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2010

ISBN

0-8213-8213-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (469 p.)

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

Electronic books.

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

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Record Nr.

UNISA996344343203316

Titolo

International journal of engineering and geosciences : IJEG

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Konya, : Selcuk University, 2016-

ISSN

2548-0960

Descrizione fisica

Online-Ressource

Disciplina

620

550

Soggetti

Zeitschrift

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico