The Quality of Life in Latin American Cities : Markets and Perception

This book suggests how that exploration should be undertaken, and how a monitoring system that has a solid conceptual basis and is both easy to operate and reasonable in cost can then be put into practice. Long the ideal of many scholars and observers of urban problems, such a system may now be close to realization. In this book, examples of Latin American cities are used as case studies. As argued in the first chapter, there are good reasons to concentrate on Latin America: it is the world region with the most rapid urban development and is the most urbanized region in the developing world. In contrast to residents of cities in poorer regions, Latin Americans have managed to democratize homeownership and to extend basic services to the majority of households. That means that improving the Quality of Life (QoL) in Latin American cities is no longer primarily a matter of bricks and mortar. But the challenges are as large as they are diverse. Chapter two introduces the reader to the hedonic price and the life satisfaction approaches and presents a comparative summary of the conclusions of the six case studies. This chapter, like the first, is essential for the policy maker or activist in urban affairs who wants to understand the possibilities of the new systems for monitoring the quality of urban life. Chapter three is a concise and self-contained introduction to the economic theory on which the hedonic pricing and life satisfaction approaches are based and which forms the backbone of this book. Chapters four-eight then summarize the most notable findings of the case studies, each emphasizing a different topic and focus.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Lora, Eduardo, Powell, Andrew, Praag, Bernard M.S. van, Sanguinetti, Pablo
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank 2010
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, ACCESS TO HEALTH, ACCESS TO SANITATION, ACCESS TO SERVICES, AIR QUALITY, ARCHITECTS, BIG CITIES, BUILDING MATERIALS, CITIES, CITY COUNCILS, CITY DWELLERS, CITY MANAGEMENT, CITY PARKS, COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY, COUNTRYSIDE, CRIME, DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION, DISTRICTS, DWELLING, DWELLINGS, ELECTRICITY SERVICES, EXTERNALITIES, FACILITIES, FINANCE, GENDER, GOVERNANCE, GREEN AREAS, HABITAT, HEALTH, HOME BUILDING, HOME OWNERSHIP, HOMEOWNERS, HOMES, HOUSE PRICES, HOUSEHOLD, HOUSEHOLDS, HOUSES, HOUSING, HOUSING STOCK, HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, INCOME, INHABITANTS, LABOR, LAND, LAND OWNERSHIP, LAND TITLING, LARGE CITIES, LIBRARY, LICENSES, LIVING CONDITIONS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, LOCALITIES, LOCATION DECISIONS, MARKET, MARKETS, MAYORS, NEIGHBORHOOD, NEIGHBORHOODS, OCCUPATION, OCCUPATIONS, PARTICIPATION, PER CAPITA INCOME, POLICE, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POVERTY, PROJECT, PROPERTY, PROPERTY TAXES, PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC INFORMATION, PUBLIC PROVISION, PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC SPACES, PUBLIC SPENDING, QUALITY OF LIFE, QUALITY OF URBAN LIFE, RENT, RENTALS, REPORTS, RESIDENTIAL AREAS, REVENUE, REVENUES, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, RURAL AREAS, SERVICE, SERVICES, SETTLEMENT, SETTLEMENTS, SHELTER, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL INDICATORS, SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL PROGRESS, STATES, STREETS, TOWNS, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, URBAN, URBAN AFFAIRS, URBAN AREA, URBAN AREAS, URBAN CENTERS, URBAN CONCENTRATION, URBAN CONDITIONS, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, URBAN ENVIRONMENT, URBAN EXPANSION, URBAN GROWTH, URBAN INDICATORS, URBAN LIVING, URBAN PLANNERS, URBAN POOR, URBAN POPULATION, URBAN POPULATION GROWTH, URBAN POPULATIONS, URBAN PROBLEMS, URBANIZATION, URBANIZATION PROCESS, WATER SERVICES,
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