The quality of life in Latin American cities :  markets and perception / 
edited by Eduardo Lora ... [et al.]. 
 - Washington, DC :  Inter-American Development Bank :  World Bank,  c2010. 
 - xxvii, 263 p. :  ill., maps ;  23 cm. 
 - Latin American development forum series .
 - Latin American development forum. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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, Andrés Ham, and Martìn Tetaz -- Quality of life in urban neighborhoods of Bogotà And Medellìn, Colombia / Carlos Medina, Leonardo Morales, and Jairo Núñez -- Pricing amenities in urban neighborhoods of Costa Rica / Luis J. Hall, Juan Robalino, and Ròger Madrigal -- Influence of individual, urban, and civil society spheres on quality of life in metropolitan Lima, Peru / Lorena Alcàzar and Raúl Andrade -- Housing and neighborhood satisfaction in Montevideo, Uruguay / Zuleika Ferre, Néstor Gandelman, and Giorgina Piani. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780821378373 (pbk.) 0821378376 (pbk.) 9780821382134 (electronic) 0821382136 (electronic) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010002327 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Quality of life--Latin America.<br/>Cities and towns--Latin America.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Latin America--Social conditions.<br/>Latin America--Economic conditions.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN110.5.A8  / Q1 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.09728/091732