Community Quality-of-Life Indicators

This book offers critical insights into the thriving international field of community indicators,incorporating the experiences of government leaders, philanthropic professionals,community planners and a wide range of academic disciplines.Itilluminates theimportant role of community indicators in diverse settings and therationale forthedevelopment and implementationof these innovative projects. This book details many of thepractical"how to" aspects of the field as well as lessons learnedfromimplementing indicators in practice. Thecase studiesincluded herealso 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 totheenvironment, economy, planning, community engagement and health,among others, thisbookepitomizes the constant innovation, collaborative partnershipsand theconsummateinterdisciplinarityof the community indicators field of today.