Community Quality-of-Life Indicators

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<p>This book offers critical insights into the thriving international field of community indicators,&nbsp;incorporating the experiences of government leaders, philanthropic professionals,&nbsp;community planners and a wide range of academic disciplines.&nbsp;It&nbsp;illuminates the&nbsp;important role of community indicators in diverse settings and the&nbsp;rationale for&nbsp;the&nbsp;development and implementation&nbsp;of these innovative projects.&nbsp; This book details many of the&nbsp;practical&nbsp;“how to” aspects of the field as well as lessons learned&nbsp;from&nbsp;implementing indicators in practice. The&nbsp;case studies&nbsp;included here&nbsp;also demonstrate how, using a variety of data applications, leaders of today are monitoring and measuring progress and communities are empowered to make sustainable improvements in their wellbeing. With examples related to&nbsp;the&nbsp;environment, economy, planning, community engagement and health,&nbsp;among others, this&nbsp;book epitomizes the constant innovation, collaborative partnerships&nbsp;and the&nbsp;consummate&nbsp;interdisciplinarity&nbsp;of the community indicators field of today.</p>