Investigating Quality of Urban Life : Theory, Methods, and Empirical Research (Social Indicators Research Series) （2011）

Marans, Robert W. (EDT)/ Stimson, Robert J. (EDT)

Springer（2013/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 456 p.
• 商品コード 9789400737228

Full Description

The study of quality of urban life involves both an objective approach to analysis using spatially aggregated secondary data and a subjective approach using unit record survey data whereby people provide subjective evaluations of  QOL domains. This book provides a comprehensive overview of theoretical perspectives on QOUL and methodological approaches to research design to investigate QOUL and measure QOL dimensions. It incorporates empirical investigations into QOUL in a range of cities across the world.

Contents

Preface.-

List of contributors.-

Introduction.-

1. An overview of quality of urban life - Robert W. Marans, Robert Stimson.-

Part I: Approaches to the study of quality of life and quality of urban life.-

2. Objective measurement of quality of life using secondary data analysis - Robert Stimson, Robert W. Marans.-

3. Subjective measurement of quality of life using primary data collection and the analysis of survey data - Rod McCrea, Robert W. Marans, Robert Stimson, John Western.-

4.The evolution of integrative approaches to the analysis of quality of urban life - Rod McCrea, Robert Stimson, Robert W. Marans.-

Part II: Empirical studies of the objective measurement of quality of urban life.-

5. Amenities, quality of life and regional development - Gordon Mulligan, John Carruthers.-

6. Variations in objective quality of urban life across a city region: The case of Phoenix - Subhrajit Guhathakurta, Ying Cao.-

Part III: Empirical studies of the subjective assessment of quality of urban life illustrated by a selection of case studies.-

7. The quality of life in metro Detroit at the beginning of the millennium - Robert W. Marans, Byoung-Suk Kweon.-

8. The Brisbane-South East Queensland region, Australia: Subjective assessment of quality of urban life and changes over time - Robert Stimson, Rod McCrea, John Western.-

9. Measuring quality of urban life in Istanbul - Handan Türkoğlu, Fulin Bölen, Perver Korça Baran, Fatih Terzi.-

10. The quality of urban life and neighbourhood satisfaction in Famagusta, Northern Cyprus - Derya Oktay, Ahmet Rustemli.-

11. The quality of life in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Neighbourhood quality as a major component of residential satisfaction - Abul Mukim Mozammel Haque Mridha, Gary Moore.-

12. The Salzburg quality of urban life study with GIS support - Alexander G. Keul, Thomas Prinz.-

13. Subjective quality of life in Queensland:Comparing metropolitan, regional, and rural areas - Rod McCrea, Mark Western, Tung-Kai Shyy.-

14. Comparing urban and rural quality of life in the State of Washington - Benjamin Messer, Don Dillman.-

Part IV: Innovations in modelling quality of urban life data.-

15. Modelling determinants of subjective QOUL at different geographic scales: The case of the Brisbane-SEQ region" - Rod McCrea, John Western, and Robert Stimson.-

16. Disaggregating the measurement of quality of urban life dimensions across a complex metro region: the case of Metro Detroit - Byung-Suk Kweon, Robert W. Marans.-

17. A spatial clustering approach analysing types of objective quality of urban life using spatial data for survey respondents: South-East Queensland, Australia - Rod McCrea.-

18. Using GIS to derive region-wide patterns of quality of urban life dimensions: Illustrated with data from the Brisbane-SEQ region - Prem Chhetri, Robert Stimson, John Western.-

The way forward.-

19. Challenges for quality of urban life research - Robert W. Marans, Robert Stimson.