The quality of life in Latin American cities : markets and perception / [electronic resource]
edited by Eduardo Lora ... [et al.].
- Washington, DC : Inter-American Development Bank : World Bank, c2010.
- xxvii, 263 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
- Latin American development forum series .
- Latin American development forum. World Bank e-Library. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Latin American cities: their origins, achievements, and problems / Eduardo Lora -- Measuring quality of life in Latin America's urban neighborhoods: a summary of results from the city case studies / Andrew Powell and Pablo Sanguinetti -- Toward an urban quality of life index: basic theory and econometric methods / Bernard M.S. von Praag and Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell -- Well-being at the subcity level: the Buenos Aires neighborhood quality of life survey / Guillermo Cruces, Andrés Ham, and Martín Tetaz -- Quality of life in urban neighborhoods of Bogotá And Medellín, Colombia / Carlos Medina, Leonardo Morales, and Jairo Núñez -- Pricing amenities in urban neighborhoods of Costa Rica / Luis J. Hall, Juan Robalino, and Róger Madrigal -- Influence of individual, urban, and civil society spheres on quality of life in metropolitan Lima, Peru / Lorena Alcázar and Raúl Andrade -- Housing and neighborhood satisfaction in Montevideo, Uruguay / Zuleika Ferre, Néstor Gandelman, and Giorgina Piani.
0821378376 (pbk.) 0821382136 (electronic) 9780821378373 (pbk.) 9780821382134 (electronic)
2010002327
Cities and towns--Latin America.
Quality of life--Latin America.
Latin America--Economic conditions.
Latin America--Social conditions.
HN110.5.A8 / Q33 2010
306.09728/091732
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Latin American cities: their origins, achievements, and problems / Eduardo Lora -- Measuring quality of life in Latin America's urban neighborhoods: a summary of results from the city case studies / Andrew Powell and Pablo Sanguinetti -- Toward an urban quality of life index: basic theory and econometric methods / Bernard M.S. von Praag and Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell -- Well-being at the subcity level: the Buenos Aires neighborhood quality of life survey / Guillermo Cruces, Andrés Ham, and Martín Tetaz -- Quality of life in urban neighborhoods of Bogotá And Medellín, Colombia / Carlos Medina, Leonardo Morales, and Jairo Núñez -- Pricing amenities in urban neighborhoods of Costa Rica / Luis J. Hall, Juan Robalino, and Róger Madrigal -- Influence of individual, urban, and civil society spheres on quality of life in metropolitan Lima, Peru / Lorena Alcázar and Raúl Andrade -- Housing and neighborhood satisfaction in Montevideo, Uruguay / Zuleika Ferre, Néstor Gandelman, and Giorgina Piani.
0821378376 (pbk.) 0821382136 (electronic) 9780821378373 (pbk.) 9780821382134 (electronic)
2010002327
Cities and towns--Latin America.
Quality of life--Latin America.
Latin America--Economic conditions.
Latin America--Social conditions.
HN110.5.A8 / Q33 2010
306.09728/091732