03684oam 22007335 450 991079133910332120230207232626.00-8213-8213-610.1596/978-0-8213-7837-3(CKB)2560000000014583(EBL)589799(OCoLC)811492973(SSID)ssj0000410091(PQKBManifestationID)12172163(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000410091(PQKBWorkID)10349257(PQKB)10210261(MiAaPQ)EBC589799(Au-PeEL)EBL589799(CaPaEBR)ebr10389748(The World Bank)ocn297146480(US-djbf)16074364(EXLCZ)99256000000001458320100129d2010 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe quality of life in Latin American cities : markets and perception /edited by Eduardo Lora ... [and others]Washington, DC :Inter-American Development Bank :World Bank,[2010]copyright 2010.xxvii, 263 pages illustrations, maps ;23 cmLatin American development forum series"A Copublication of the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank."0-8213-7837-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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, ColombiaChapter 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 coverThis 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 Latin American development forum.World Bank e-Library.Quality of lifeLatin AmericaCities and townsLatin AmericaLatin AmericaSocial conditionsLatin AmericaEconomic conditionsQuality of lifeCities and towns306.09728/091732Lora Eduardo1511989World Bank.DLCDLCBTCTAYDXCPC#PBWXCDXVVCDLCBOOK9910791339103321The quality of life in Latin American cities3782140UNINA