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Here is a comprehensive overview of theoretical perspectives on urban quality of life (QoL) and methodological approaches for investigating and measuring the dimensions of urban QoL. The text incorporates studies of urban QoL in cities across the world.

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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.

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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 Türkoglu, Fulin Bölen, Perver Kor‡a 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.

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