The Quality of Life in Latin American Cities : Markets and Perception.
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
World Bank Publications,
2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (469 pages) |
ISBN: | 9780821382134 0821382136 |