Quality of life in urban landscapes : in search of a decision support system /: in search of a decision support system. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Roberta Cocci Grifoni, Rosalba D'Onofrio, Massimo Sargolini.
• Authors: Grifoni, Roberta Cocci; D'Onofrio, Rosalba; Sargolini, Massimo
• Contents: Part I -- Quality of the Landscape, Quality of Life, Urban Sustainability. Chapter 1. State of the art on the search for sustainability and quality of life in cities -- Chapter 2. The landscape as a?complex indicator? of urban sustainability and quality of life of city inhabitants -- Chapter 3. Use of decision-support systems in defining scenarios for sustainable, shared urban development -- Part II? Urban Policies and Quality of Life. Chapter 4. Urban policies for urban sustainability and quality of life of the city -- Chapter 5. Selection of indicators of urban sustainability and quality of life of city inhabitants -- Chapter 6. Contributions -- Part III -- A Decision-Support System. Chapter 7. The DSS and its possible applications -- Chapter 8. For a new urban governance -- Chapter 9. Communication and dissemination of the model -- Part IV? Application to the Adriatic City. Chapter 10. The ideal Adriadic city -- Chapter 11. Application of the Tool and initial results -- Chapter 12. Criteria for activating the Forum to interpret and assess the landscape and the quality of life -- Chapter 13. Criteria for building the possible development scenarios presented to policymakers -- Part V? New research frontiers.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 307.76; Geography; Quality of life -- Decision making; Urban policy -- Decision making; Sociology, Urban; Regional planning; Sustainable development; Quality of Life_xResearch; Computer science_xMathematics; Urban Ecology; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban; Sociology, Urban; Urban policy -- Decision making; Science -- Environmental Science; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Mathematics -- Counting & Numeration; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Sustainability; Social issues & processes; Numerical analysis; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Political Science -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; Regional & area planning; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319655819; 3319655817
• Related ISBNs: 9783319655802; 3319655809
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 27, 2017).
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