Información General

• Autores: Graciela Tonon de Toscano (ed. lit.)
• Editores: Springer Alemania
• Año de publicación: 2016
• País: Suiza
• Idioma: inglés
• ISBN: 9783319288406
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Resumen

• This volume sheds new light on the use of quantitative, qualitative and synthetic indicators for the measurement of quality of life in different countries of Latin America. Organized in three parts, the book presents the methodology for the construction of new indicators, discusses quality of urban life from a geographical perspective, and examines quality of life of different populations. The book focuses on the social, economic, political, geographical and demographic dimensions. It covers a wide range of topics, including the ways to measure social, political and spatial inequalities, the changes in urban quality of life, the construction of a synthetic indicator for the assessment of habitability, the measuring of spatial segregation in midsize and smaller cities by using thematic cartography and synthesis maps, and the concept of habitability. It includes research conducted on the quality of life of different population groups: working boys and girls, high-school students, and older people

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Listado de artículos

• • Part I. Methodology

    • Measuring Quality of Life and Inequalities in South America

      Graciela Tonon de Toscano, Lía Rodríguez de la Vega

      págs. 3-17

      

    • Quality of Life in Latin America: a Proposal for a Synthetic Indicator

      Noelia Somarriba Arechavala, Pilar Zarzosa Espina

      págs. 19-56

      

    • A New Index for Study Quality of Life (LQI), Argentina: Combining Socioeconomic and Enviromental Indicators

      Guillermo Angel Velázquez

      págs. 55-77

      

  • Part II. Urban quality of life: a geographical view

    • How Are We Today? Quality of Urban Life in Argentina First Contributions from the Households Permanent Survey (2003�2012)

      Patricia Iris Lucero, Claudia Andrea Mikkelsen, Sofía Estela Ares

      págs. 81-108

      

    • Urban Quality of Life in Santa Fe Province: Demographic, Social and Territorial Processes Between 1991 and 2010

      Néstor Javier Gómez

      págs. 109-149

      

    • Mind the Gap: Monitoring Spatial Inequalities in Quality of Life Conditions (Case Study of Rosario)

      Javier Martínez

      págs. 151-172

      

    • A Quantitative�Qualitative Study on Quality of Life in Smaller Towns in the Early Twenty-First Century in Argentina

      Claudia Andrea Mikkelsen

      págs. 173-199

      

    • Spatial Segregation and Quality of Life: Empirical Analysis of Medium-Sized Cities of Buenos Aires Province

      Santiago Linares, Claudia Andrea Mikkelsen, Guillermo Angel Velázquez, Juan Pablo Celemín

      págs. 201-218

      

    • Evolution of Habitability Conditions in Mar del Plata Peri-urban Area (1991, 2001, 2011)

      Laura Zulaica, Rosana Ferraro

      págs. 219-233

      

  • Part III. Quality of life of different groups

    • Quality of Life of High School Students in the City of Caracas, Venezuela

      Aquiles Pérez Delgado

      págs. 237-250

      

    • Two Profiles of Child Labor in the Colombian Caribbean Coast: Children Relocated to Suburban Areas Compared to the Key Role of Social and Labor Characteristics of Mothers in Urban Settings

      Daniel Holgado Ramos, Isidro Maya-Jariego, Jorge Enrique Palacio Sañudo, Oscar Oviedo Trespalacios

      págs. 251-273

      

    • Personal Wellbeing and Quality of Life of Older Adults

      Fermina Rojo Pérez, Gloria Fernández Mayoralas

      págs. 275-294