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1 online resource (xix, 225 pages) : illustrations |
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Social indicators research series ; v. 29 |
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Social indicators research series ; v. 29
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| Contents |
How does European Union enlargement affect social cohesion? / Wolfgang Keck and Peter Krause -- Promoting well-being : a British perspective / Beverley A. Searle -- Importance and satisfaction with life domains in Croatia : representative sample / Ljiljana Kaliterna Lipovcan and Zvjezdana Prizmic-Larsen -- Commuting and quality of life : the Italian case / Giampaolo Nuvolati -- An alternative measures of years of healthy life / Alexandre Klementiev -- Analyzing "sustainable wealth" indicators for evaluating the contribution of a regional industrial sector toward quality of life and sustainable development / Martina Schafer and Lydia Illege -- Fuel sources and well-being in the Marshall Islands / Jagjit Singh |
| Summary |
Environmentalissuescontinuedtoloomlargeinthelastdecadeofthetwentiethc- tury, especiallyenvironmentalproblemsrelatedtorisinglevelsofCO emissionsand 2 other greenhouse gases on the planet's average temperatures and, subsequently, storm patterns. Floods and droughts, in combination with unseasonably high and low temperatures became the norm rather than the exception for large expanses of Africa, Asia and Oceania. Even large areas of Europe and NorthAmerica were s- jected to recurrent floods and droughts and experienced unseasonable extremes of hot and cold temperatures associated with man-made intrusions into the natural environment. And, still, aglobalplanofactiontohaltman-relatedpatternsofdef- estation, desertification, and over-fishing of the seas has yet to come into being. At the same time, the number of regional conflicts and civil wars increased and, with them, the lives of many women, children, old people and other n- combatants were lost in these conflicts. Increasingly, regional wars and conflicts had less to do with disputes over land or other natural resources but more with the differing social, political and religious identifications of the people engaged in these conflicts. Warnings of genocide and near-genocide conditions were commonly proclaimed to the world community but, sadly, the planet's inter- tional security apparatus proved to be largely ineffective in containing many of the worst of these atrocities. As a result, hundreds of thousands of people, ev- tually millions, died while awaiting assistance from the global community to bring an end to their suffering |
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sociale wetenschappen |
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social sciences |
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sociologie |
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sociology |
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Social Sciences (General) |
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Sociale wetenschappen (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer e-books |
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Quality of life -- Congresses
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Life span, Productive -- Congresses
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Quality of life.
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Life span, Productive.
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Quality of Life
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quality of life.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Life span, Productive
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Quality of life
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Kwaliteit van het bestaan.
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Welbevinden.
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Sociale verandering.
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Sociale indicatoren.
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Sociale aspecten.
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Estes, Richard J
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International Society for Quality of Life Studies
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| LC no. |
2007275312 |
| ISBN |
9781402051104 |
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1402051107 |
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1402050992 |
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9781402050992 |
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6610745498 |
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9786610745494 |
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