Quality of Life in Cities: Equity, Sustainable Development and Happiness from a Policy Perspective

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Alessandra Michelangeli

Quality of Life in Cities

Equity, Sustainable Development and Happiness from a Policy Perspective

Alessandra Michelangeli

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English

Routledge
13 April 2015

Urban communities; Urban economics; Human geography; Urban & municipal planning

Series: Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy

In the last few decades, urban quality of life has received increasing interest from policy makers who aim to make cities better places to live. In addition to the aim of improving quality of life, sustainable and equitable development is also often included in the policy agendas of decision makers.

This book aims to link quality of life to related issues such as sustainability, equity, and subjective well-being. While less than one-third of the world's population lived in cities in 1950, about two thirds of humanity is expected to live in urban areas by 2030. This dramatic increase in the number of people living in urban areas serves as the backdrop for this book’s analysis of cities.

This book will be useful to students and researchers in economics, architecture and urban planning, sociology and political sciences, as well as policy makers.

Edited by: Alessandra Michelangeli
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9781138790414
ISBN 10: 1138790419
Series: Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy
Pages: 186
Publication Date: 13 April 2015
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Urbanization: an overview 2. The hedonic value of urban quality of life 3. Measuring urban quality of life: a life satisfaction approach 4. Cities, equity and quality of life 5. Urban sustainability and individual/household well-being 6. Agglomeration economies and urban location benefits: the debate around the existence of an optimal city size

Alessandra Michelangeli is Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS), University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy.