QOL Community Development/Urban Planning/Rural Sociology

• Abeyasekera, A., & White, S. C. (Eds.). (2014). Wellbeing and Quality of Life Assessment: A Practical Guide. United States: Practical Action Publishing.
• Akpinar, A., Li , D., Vidal, D. G., Liu, H., & Li, Y. (Eds.). (2024). Urban Green Spaces and Human Health. Frontiers Media SA.
• Anderson, R. E. (Ed.). (2017). Alleviating World Suffering: The Challenge of Negative Quality of Life. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Andrews, F. M. (Ed.). (1980). The Quality of Life: Comparative Studies. United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
• Bailey, C., Ransom, E., & Jensen, L. (Eds.). (2014). Rural America in a Globalizing World: Problems and Prospects for the 2010s. United States: West Virginia University Press.
• Barton, H. (2016). City of Well-being: A Radical Guide to Planning. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis Group.
• Barton, H., Tsourou, C. (2000). Healthy Urban Planning: A WHO Guide to Planning for People. Germany: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe by Spon.
• Budruk, M., & Phillips, R. (Eds.). (2010). Quality-of-Life Community Indicators for Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Buheji, M., Ahmed, D. (2020). ‘Behavioural Economics’: Re-Shaping the Quality of Life. United Kingdom: AuthorHouse UK.
• Camfield, L., Rojas, M., Møller, V., Glatzer, W. (Eds.). (2015). Global Handbook of Quality of Life: Exploration of Well-Being of Nations and Continents. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Campón-Cerro, A. M., Folgado-Fernández, J. A., & Hernández-Mogollón, J. M. (Eds.). (2018). Best Practices in Hospitality and Tourism Marketing and Management: A Quality of Life Perspective. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Clemente, F. (Ed.). (1977). The New Rural America. United States: American Academy of Political and Social Science.
• Committee on Identifying Data Needs, National Research Council. (2002). Community and quality of life: data needs for informational decision-making. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
• Cook, I. G., Halsall, J. P., Wankhade, P. (2016). Sociability, Social Capital, and Community Development: A Public Health Perspective. United States: Springer International Publishing.
• da Cal Seixas, S. R., de Moraes Hoefel, J. L. (2021). Quality of Life, Environmental Changes and Subjectivity: A Contribution to a New Line of Research on Climate Change. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
• Dicken, P., & Lloyd, P. E. (1981). Modern western society: A geographical perspective on work, home and well-being. London: Harper & Row.
• Environmental Protection Agency. Environmental Studies Division. (1973). The Quality of Life Concept: A Potential New Tool for Decision-makers. United States: Environmental Studies Division, Environmental Protection Agency.
• Estes, R. J., Sirgy, M. J. (2018). Advances in Well-being: Towards a Better World. United Kingdom: Rowman & Littlefield International Limited.
• Estevez, E., Scholl, H. J., & Pardo, T. A. (Eds.). (2021). Smart Cities and Smart Governance: Towards the 22nd Century Sustainable City. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Ferriss, A. L. (2010). Approaches to Improving the Quality of Life: How to Enhance the Quality of Life. Germany: Springer Netherlands.
• Gorman, C. A., Sirgy, M. J., & Reilly, N. P. (Eds.). (2012). Work and Quality of Life: Ethical Practices in Organizations. Germany: Springer Netherlands.
• Gough, I., & McGregor, J. A. (Eds.). (2007). Wellbeing in Developing Countries: From Theory to Research. Cambridge University Press.
• Haworth, J. T. (2006). Work, Leisure and Well-Being. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
• Jennings, G., Nickerson, N. P. (2006). Quality Tourism Experiences. Netherlands: Taylor & Francis Group.
• Jepson, A. S., & Walters, T. (Eds.). (2021). Events and Well-being. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
• Jiménez-Delgado, A., & Lloret, J. (Eds.). (2019). Health, Wellbeing and Sustainability in the Mediterranean City: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
• Jonek-Kowalska, I., Wolniak, R. (2023). Smart Cities in Poland: Towards Sustainability and a Better Quality of Life?. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
• Jordan, T.E. (2006). Quality of life and modernization in nineteenth century ireland. Lewiston, NY: Mellen Press.
• Jordan, T.E. (2007). Sir William Petty (1623-1687): The Genius Entrepreneur of Seventeenth Century Ireland. Lewiston, NY: Mellen Press.
• Kattakkara C.M.I., J. (2021). Sustaining Self-Help Groups for Quality of Life and Community Development. United Kingdom: Xlibris US.
• Keiner, M., Koll-Schretzenmayr, M., & Schmid, Willy A. (2005). Managing urban futures: Sustainability and urban growth in developing countries. Hampshire, UK: Ashgate.
• Krafft, A. M., Walker, A. M., & Perrig-Chiello, P. (Eds.). (2018). Hope for a Good Life: Results of the Hope-Barometer International Research Program. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Land, K. C., Michalos, A. C. (2011). Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Lewis, K., Burd-Sharps, S. (2010). The measure of America 2010-2011. New York and London: New York University Press.
• Maggino, F. (Ed.). (2015). A Life Devoted to Quality of Life: Festschrift in Honor of Alex C. Michalos. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Maggino, F. (Ed.). (2015). A New Research Agenda for Improvements in Quality of Life. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Mair, H. (Ed.). (2023). Handbook on Tourism and Rural Community Development. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Marans, R. W., Dillman, D. A., Keller, J. (1980). Perceptions of life quality in rural America: an analysis of survey data from four studies. Ann Arbor: Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.
• Markley, O. W., Bagley, M. D. (1975). Minimum Standards for Quality of Life. United States: Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
• Martinez, J., Flacke, J., & Maarseveen, M. (Eds.). (2018). GIS in Sustainable Urban Planning and Management: A Global Perspective. Netherlands: CRC Press.
• Massam, B. H. (2002). Quality of Life: Public Planning and Private Living. Netherlands: Pergamon.
• McGrath, B., Phillips, R., Kenny, S. (Eds.). (2019). The Routledge Handbook of Community Development: Perspectives from Around the Globe. United Kingdom: Routledge.
• Michalos, A. (2003). Essays on the quality of life. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
• Michalos, A. C. (2014). Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Germany: Springer Netherlands.
• Michalos, A. C. (2017). Connecting the Quality of Life Theory to Health, Well-being and Education: The Selected Works of Alex C. Michalos. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Michalos, A. C. (2017). Development of Quality of Life Theory and Its Instruments: The Selected Works of Alex. C. Michalos. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Mikkelsen, C. A., Martinez, J., & Phillips, R. (Eds.). (2020). Handbook of Quality of Life and Sustainability. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Møller. V. (Ed.). (1997). Quality of Life in South Africa. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Morgan, D., Pendergast, D., Wilks, J., & Leggat, P. A. (Eds.). (2021). Tourist Health, Safety and Wellbeing in the New Normal. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
• Morrison, A. M., Maxim, C., Coca-Stefaniak, J. A., & Day, J. (Eds.). (2024). Handbook on Sustainable Urban Tourism. (United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Muia, D., & Phillips, R. (Eds.). (2023). Connectedness, Resilience and Empowerment: Perspectives on Community Development. Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland.
• Musikanski, L., Phillips, R., Crowder, J. (2019). The Happiness Policy Handbook: How to Make Happiness and Well-Being the Purpose of Your Government. Canada: New Society Publishers.
• Nevarez, L. (2011). Pursuing Quality of Life: From the Affluent Society to the Consumer Society. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
• Ostasiewicz, W. (Ed.) (2006). Towards quality of life improvement. Wroclaw, Poland: The Publishing House of the Wroclaw of Economics.
• Phillips, R. (2005). Community Indicators Measuring Systems. Hampshire, UK: Ashgate.
• Phillips, R., & Pittman, R. (Eds.). (2014). An Introduction to Community Development. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
• Phillips, R., Lee, S. J., & Kee, Y. (Eds.). (2016). Social Factors and Community Well-Being. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Phillips, R., Lee, S. J., & Kee, Y. (Eds.). (2019). Perspectives on Community Well-Being. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Phillips, R., Lee, S. J., & Kim, Y. (Eds.). (2014). Community Well-Being and Community Development: Conceptions and Applications. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Phillips, D. (2006). Quality of Life: Concept, Policy and Practice. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
• Phillips, R., Seifer, B., Antczak, E. (2013). Sustainable Communities: Creating a Durable Local Economy. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
• Pickard, D. (Ed.). (2022). Urban Agriculture for Improving the Quality of Life: Examples from Bulgaria. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
• Pizzi, M., Amir, M. (2024). Interprofessional Perspectives for Community Practice: Promoting Health, Well-Being, and Quality of Life. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
• Pol, E., Fleury-Bahi, G., & Navarro, O. (Eds.). (2016). Handbook of Environmental Psychology and Quality of Life Research. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Pozo Menéndez, E., Higueras García, E. (2022). Urban Design and Planning for Age-Friendly Environments Across Europe: North and South: Developing Healthy and Therapeutic Living Spaces for Local Contexts. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
• Rahtz, D., Lee, D. J., & Sirgy, M. J. (Eds.). Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases. (2010). Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Rahtz, D., Sirgy, M. J., & Phillips, R. (Eds.). (2009). Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases III. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Rahtz, D., Sirgy, M. J., & Phillips, R. (Eds.). (2009). Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases IV. Germany: Springer Netherlands.
• Rahtz, D., Sirgy, M. J., & Phillips, R. (Eds.). (2011). Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases V. Germany: Springer Netherlands.
• Rahtz, D., Sirgy, M. J., & Phillips, R. (Eds.). (2013). Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases VI. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Rahtz, D., Sirgy, M. J., & Phillips, R. (Eds.). (2013). Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases VI. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Ram, K. E. S., Bharule, S., & Hayashi, H. (Eds.). (2020). Handbook on High-Speed Rail and Quality of Life. Japan: Asian Development Bank.
• Rapley, M. (2003). Quality of Life Research: A Critical Introduction. United Kingdom: SAGE Publications.
• Rompay-Bartels, I., Rai, R., & Tripathi, S. (Eds.). (2021). Quality of Life: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. United States: CRC Press.
• Saaty, T. L. (2013). Compact City: The next urban evolution in response to climate change. RWS Publications.
• Samanta, T. (Ed.). (2016). Cross-Cultural and Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives in Social Gerontology. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
• Samli, A. C. (Ed.). (1987). Marketing and the Quality-of-Life Interface. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Academic.
• Samli, A. C., Rahtz, D., Sirgy, M. J. (Eds.). (2013). Advances in Quality-of-Life Theory and Research. Germany: Springer Netherlands.
• Saxena, H. M., Khan, M. Z. A. (2016). Urbanisation, Environmental Degradation and Quality of Life. India: Rawat Publications.
• Schmandt, H. J., & Bloomberg, W. (Eds.). (1969). Quality of Urban Life. United Kingdom: SAGE Publications.
• Schmandt, Henry J. & Bloomberg Jr., Warner. eds. (1969). The quality of urban life. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.
• Sen, A., & Nussbaum, M. C. (Eds.). (1993). The Quality of Life. United Kingdom: Clarendon Press.
• Shek, D. T. L., Lee, P. S. N., & Chan, Y. K. (Eds.). (2005). Quality-of-Life Research in Chinese, Western and Global Contexts. Netherlands: Springer.
• Shukla, K. (Ed.). (2022). The Conceptual frameworks on Quality of Life: A Go-to Handbook for Quality of Life research. Notion Press.
• Shukla, K., Lopez De Haro, P. A., Estoque, R. C., & Patil, Y. B. (Eds.). (2024). Quality of Life and Climate Change. United States: IGI Global.
• Shultz, C. J. II, Rahtz, D., & Sirgy, M. J. (Eds.). (2022). Community, Economy and COVID-19: Lessons from Multi-Country Analyses of a Global Pandemic. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
• Sinha, B. R. K. (Ed.). (2019). Multidimensional Approach to Quality of Life Issues: A Spatial Analysis. Germany: Springer Nature Singapore.
• Sirgy, M. J. (2007). The science of community quality-of-life research: A certification manual. Blacksburg, Virginia: International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies.
• Sirgy, M. J., & Uysal, M. (Eds.). (2023). Handbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life Research II: Enhancing the Lives of Tourists, Residents of Host Communities and Service Providers. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Sirgy, M. J., Phillips, R., & Rahtz, D. R., (Eds). (2009). Community quality-of-life indicators: Best III. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.
• Sirgy, M. J., Rahtz, D. R., & Lee, D. J., (Eds). (2004). Community quality-of-life indicators: best cases. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
• Sirgy, M. J., Rahtz, D. R., & Swain, D., (Eds). (2006). Community quality-of-life indicators: Best cases II. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
• Sirgy, M. J., Uysal, M., & Krüger, S. (Eds.). (2018). Managing Quality of Life in Tourism and Hospitality. United Kingdom: CABI.
• Sirgy, M. J., Uysal, M., & Perdue, R. (Eds.). (2012). Handbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life Research: Enhancing the Lives of Tourists and Residents of Host Communities. Germany: Springer Netherlands.
• Sirgy, M. J. (2001). Handbook of Quality-of-Life Research: An Ethical Marketing Perspective. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Sirgy, M. J. (2004). Community quality-of-life indicators: best cases. Germany: Springer.
• Sirgy, M. J. (2012). The Psychology of Quality of Life: Hedonic Well-Being, Life Satisfaction, and Eudaimonia. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Sirgy, M. J. (2013). Handbook of Quality-of-Life Research: An Ethical Marketing Perspective. Germany: Springer Netherlands.
• Sirgy, M. J. (2013). The Psychology of Quality of Life. Germany: Springer Netherlands.
• Sirgy, M. J. (2020). Positive Balance: A Theory of Well-Being and Positive Mental Health. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
• Sirgy, M. J. (2022). Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: A Guide for Community Indicators Projects. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
• Stevens, C., Holden, M., & Phillips, R. (Eds.). (2018). Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases VII. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Stevens, C., Ridzi, F., & Davern, M. (Eds.). (2020).Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases VIII.  Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Stevens, C., Ridzi, F., & Wray, L. (Eds.). (2022). Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases IX. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
• Stimson, R. J., & Marans, R. W. (Eds.). (2011). Investigating Quality of Urban Life: Theory, Methods, and Empirical Research. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Stimson, R. J., & Marans, R. W. (Eds.). (2013). Investigating Quality of Urban Life: Theory, Methods, and Empirical Research. Germany: Springer Netherlands.
• Swain, D., Rahtz, D., & Sirgy, M. J. (Eds.). (2009). Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases II. Germany: Springer Netherlands.
• Tietjen, A., Iversen, E. B., Lolle, H. L., Fisker, J. K., & Johansen, P. H. (Eds.). (2023). Rural Quality of Life. United Kingdom: Manchester University Press.
• Tietjen, A., Iversen, E. B., Lolle, H. L., Fisker, J. K., & Johansen, P. H. (Eds.). (2023). Rural Quality of Life. United Kingdom: Manchester University Press.
• Tonon, G. (Ed.). (2015). Qualitative Studies in Quality of Life: Methodology and Practice. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Tonon, G. (Ed.). (2019). Teaching Quality of Life in Different Domains. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Tonon, G. (Ed.). (2017). Quality of Life in Communities of Latin Countries. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Trevan, E., Kraeger, P., & Phillips, R. (Eds.). (2020). Research Handbook on Community Development. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Trip, J. J. (2007). What Makes a City? Planning for "quality of Place" : the Case of High-speed Train Station Area Redevelopment. Netherlands: Delft University Press.
• Uysal, M., & Perdue, R. (2012). Handbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life Research: Enhancing the Lives of Tourists and Residents of Host Communities. Germany: Springer.
• Uzzell, D. L., Real, J. E., Romay, J., Mira, R. G. (Eds.). (2017). Housing, Space and Quality of Life. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
• Ventriglio, A., Bhugra, D., Castaldelli-Maia, J., Castaldelli-Maia, J., & McCay, L. (Eds.). (2019). Urban Mental Health. United Kingdom: OUP Oxford.
• Vogel, J., Hagerty, M. R., & Møller, V. (Eds.). (2002). Assessing Quality of Life and Living Conditions to Guide National Policy: The State of the Art. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Vogel, J., Hagerty, M. R., & Moller, V. (Eds.). (2014). Assessing Quality of Life and Living Conditions to Guide National Policy. Netherlands: Springer.
• Wang, D., & He, S. (Eds.). (2015). Mobility, Sociability and Well-being of Urban Living. Germany: Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
• Watkins, D. A. (1976). Community Services Planning and the Small Municipality: A Quality of Life Framework for the Development of Rural Human Services. United States: Life Sciences and Agriculture Experiment Station, University of Maine.
• Webster, N. J., Stimson, R. J., & Marans, R. W. (Eds.). (2024). Handbook of Quality of Life Research: Place and Space Perspectives. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Wong, C., & Phillips, R. (Eds.). (2016). Handbook of Community Well-Being Research. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Wong, G. K. M., Lim, L. Y., & Foo, T. S. (Eds.). (2000). Planning for a Better Quality of Life in Cities. Singapore: School of Building and Real Estate, National University of Singapore.
• Yang, L., Wall, G. (2023). Ethnic Tourism: Impacts, Challenges and Opportunities. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
• Yi, T. (2004). Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Yonk, R. M. (Ed.). (2021). Improving Quality of Life: Exploring Standard of Living, Wellbeing, and Community Development. United Kingdom: IntechOpen.
• Yuen, B. K. P., Löw, C., Lim, L. Y. (Eds.). (1999). Urban Quality of Life: Critical Issues and Options. Singapore: School of Building and Real Estate, National University of Singapore.
• Zhang, J. (Ed.). (2017). Life-Oriented Behavioral Research for Urban Policy. Japan: Springer Japan.

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