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Title Community and quality of life : data needs for informed decision making / Committee on Identifying Data Needs for Place-Based Decision Making ; Committee on Geography
Published Washington, D.C. : Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council, National Academy Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 184 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Concept of Livability and Indicators -- Why Livability Matters -- Key Dimensions of Livability -- Livability and Indicators -- The Importance of Place and Connectedness -- People and Place -- Time and Place -- Place and Space: Connections Between Places -- Measurement and Analysis of Livability -- Developing Place-Based Indicators -- Measuring Accessibility -- The Decision-Support Process -- Context of Current Practices -- Data and Analysis Tools -- Data Availability -- Federal Data Provision -- Workshop Agenda and Participants -- Indentifying Data for Place-Based Decision Making
Summary Presents a study on the significant and growing need for more imformed consideration of complex an d interrelated impacts of transportation decisions on the livability of communities
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Quality of life -- United States
Quality of life -- United States -- Decision making
Community development, Urban -- United States
Transportation -- United States -- Planning -- Citizen participation
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Community development, Urban
Quality of life
Transportation -- Planning -- Citizen participation
United States
Form Electronic book
Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Identifying Data Needs for Place-Based Decision Making.
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Geography.
ISBN 0309510163
9780309510165