The Use of Socio-economic Indicators in Development Planning
The Use of Socio-economic Indicators in Development Planning

Author: Unesco

Publisher: Unesco Press

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13:

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UNESCO pub. Compilation of conference papers on the use of social indicators and economic indicators in economic planning for economic development - includes case studies on the use of indicators in social planning in France, income distribution in Kenya and Zambia, etc., and methodology for model building. Graphs, references and statistical tables. Conference held in brighton 1973 December Conference held in Bangkok 1974 September.

Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research
Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research

Author: Kenneth C. Land

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2011-11-25

Total Pages: 594

ISBN-13: 9400724217

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The aim of the Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research is to create an overview of the field of Quality of Life (QOL) studies in the early years of the 21st century that can be updated and improved upon as the field evolves and the century unfolds. Social indicators are statistical time series “...used to monitor the social system, helping to identify changes and to guide intervention to alter the course of social change”. Examples include unemployment rates, crime rates, estimates of life expectancy, health status indices, school enrollment rates, average achievement scores, election voting rates, and measures of subjective well-being such as satisfaction with life-as-a-whole and with specific domains or aspects of life. This book provides a review of the historical development of the field including the history of QOL in medicine and mental health as well as the research related to quality-of-work-life (QWL) programs. It discusses several of QOL main concepts: happiness, positive psychology, and subjective wellbeing. Relations between spirituality and religiousness and QOL are examined as are the effects of educational attainment on QOL and marketing, and the associations with economic growth. The book goes on to investigate methodological approaches and issues that should be considered in measuring and analysing quality of life from a quantitative perspective. The final chapters are dedicated to research on elements of QOL in a broad range of countries and populations.

Measuring Development: the Role and Adequacy of Development Indicators
Measuring Development: the Role and Adequacy of Development Indicators

Author: Nancy Baster

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-24

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 131784548X

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First published in 1972. This issue is concerned with development (and development indicators) in a particular period of time and in a particular historical context—namely in the context of the changes that are taking place in the less-developed or low-income countries of the third world in the period since World War II.

Indices and Indicators in Development
Indices and Indicators in Development

Author: Stephen Morse

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-06-17

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1136563083

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The use of numbers to condense complex systems into easily digested 'bites' of information is very much in fashion. At one level they are intended to enhance transparency, accountability and local democracy, while at another they provide a means of enhancing performance. However, all indicators suffer from the same basic problem that, ironically, is also their biggest advantage - condensing something highly complex into a few simple numbers. Love them or hate them, there is no denying that people use indicators to make decisions. Indices and Indicators explores the use of indicators within the field of human development. Part I provides a brief outline of the contested meaning of 'development' and how indices and indicators have been used as means of testing the realization of these development visions in practice in a range of institutional contexts. Part II discusses the limitations of such indices and indicators and illustrates how they are dependent upon the vision of development adopted. The book also suggests how indices and indicators can best be employed and presented. Given our overwhelming reliance on indices and indicators for measuring progress, directing policy and allocating resources, this book is essential core reading for academics, undergraduate and post-graduate students in social science, economics, geography and development studies as well as development practitioners, policy-makers and donor and international funding agencies.

Urban Planning Methods
Urban Planning Methods

Author: Ian Bracken

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-04

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 1317833279

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In order to develop and exercise their skills urban planners need to draw upon a wide variety of methods relating to plan and policy making, urban research and policy analysis. More than ever, planners need to be able to adapt their methods to contemporary needs and circumstances. This introductory textbook focuses on the need to combine traditional research methods with policy analysis in order to understand the true nature of urban planning processes. It describes both planning methods and their underlying concepts and principles, illustrating applications by reference to the daily activities of planning, including the assessment of needs and preferences of the population, the generation and implementation of plans and policies, and the need to take decisions related to the allocation of land, population change, employment, housing and retailing. Ian Bracken also provides a comprehensive guide to the more specialized research literature and case studies of contemporary urban planning practice. This book was first published in 1981.