The quality of life in Latin American cities : markets and perception / edited by Eduardo Lora ... [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Latin American cities: their origins, achievements, and problems / Eduardo Lora -- Measuring quality of life in Latin America's urban neighborhoods: a summary of results from the city case studies / Andrew Powell and Pablo Sanguinetti -- Toward an urban quality of life index: basic theory and econometric methods / Bernard M.S. von Praag and Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell -- Well-being at the subcity level: the Buenos Aires neighborhood quality of life survey / Guillermo Cruces, Andres Ham, and Martin Tetaz -- Quality of life in urban neighborhoods of Bogota And Medellin, Colombia / Carlos Medina, Leonardo Morales, and Jairo Nunez -- Pricing amenities in urban neighborhoods of Costa Rica / Luis J. Hall, Juan Robalino, and Roger Madrigal -- Influence of individual, urban, and civil society spheres on quality of life in metropolitan Lima, Peru / Lorena Alcazar and Raul Andrade -- Housing and neighborhood satisfaction in Montevideo, Uruguay / Zuleika Ferre, Nestor Gandelman, and Giorgina Piani.

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