This unique and insightful work examines the importance of ‘quality of life’ for the city which has become a key component of urban competitiveness over the

A growing number of cities around the world have established systems for monitoring the quality of urban life. Many of those systems combine objective informati

The study of quality of urban life involves both an objective approach to analysis using spatially aggregated secondary data and a subjective approach using uni

Cities are not only home to around half of the global population but also major centers of economic activity and innovation. Yet, so far there has been no conse

"The essays in this book are drawn from the first international conference held in Singapore on the subject of Quality of Life in Cities. Grouped in three broad