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Chapter 1. Introduction(Guillermo Velázquez) -- Chapter 2. Traditions and plurality of definitions in thinking about poverty(Fernando Manzano) -- Chapter 3. A tour on poverty measurement in Argentina(Fernando Manzano) -- Chapter 4. The index of human development and its variants(Juan Pablo Celemín) -- Chapter 5. Argentine nutritional inequities. An agro-business, ultraprocessed food and malnutrition recipe(Luis Blacha) -- Chapter 6. The spatial distribution of women's health(Natalia Tumas) -- Chapter 7. Sociodemography of obesity in Argentina at the beginning of the 21st. century(Sonia Alejandra Pou, Laura Aballay, Juliana Huergo) -- Chapter 8. Socio-spatial differentials in the prevalence of lifesyles risk factors related to chronic diseases in Argentina from 2005 to 2013(Camila Niclis, Laura Rosana Aballay and Julia Becaria Coquet) -- Chapter 9. Distribution of comprehensive health indicators in adolescence from the perspective of social inequities(María Dolores Román and Camila Niclis) -- Chapter 10. Socio-territorial configuration of mortality by chronic deseases of greater prevalence(Sonia Pou, Camila Niclis, María del Pilar Díaz) -- Chapter 11. Quality of life in the first national census (1869)(Velázquez Guillermo and Otero, Hernán).

The 2020 World Happiness Report suggests that rural residents in Northern and Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand are generally happier than their urban counterparts. Similar findings have been reported in country-level studies and broader regional research, especially in Europe. Such findings go against conventional wisdom in the field and represent something of a conundrum to researchers and policymakers alike: the rural–urban happiness paradox. Is quality of life really better in the countryside? How and under which circumstances is this the case? Did influential writers like Edward Glaeser get it all wrong when suggesting that the city had now triumphed? What can we learn from digging deeper in the rural–urban happiness paradox and which critical questions does this leave us with for the future? What might policymakers, planners, architects and other influential actors learn from such an exercise? The purpose of the proposed book is to delve deeper into these matters by asking what quality of life in rural areas is actually all about. Since 2018 a cross-disciplinary team of researchers from four research environments at three Danish universities has been carrying out an ambitious research project to do just that. In this edited volume their findings are presented alongside chapters written by specially commissioned international authors from across Europe, North America, Asia and Africa.

The rubric "Quality of Life" first came to the explicit attention of the medical profession a little over thirty years ago. Despite the undoubted fact that each one of us has his or her own Quality of Life, be it good or bad, there is still no general agreement about its definition, or the manner in which it should be evaluated. Although much has been written about quality of life, this work has been largely concerned with population-based studies, especially in health policy and health economics. The importance of "individual" quality of life has been neglected, in part because of a failure t

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Traditions and Plurality of Definitions in Thinking About Poverty -- 1 Plurality of Definitions in the Study of Poverty -- References -- A Tour of Poverty Measurement in Argentina -- 1 On the Quantification of Poverty and Its Applications in Latin America -- 2 Strengths and Weaknesses of UBN and LP/LI Methods, Its Application in Latin America -- 3 The Effects of Argentina's Economic Policy on Poverty -- 4 Studies on Poverty Carried Out by the INDEC -- 5 Evolution of Unsatisfied Basic Needs by Province and Department. Period 1980-2010 -- 5.1 At the Departmental Level -- 6 The Modifications Operated in the Permanent Household Survey (EPH) -- 7 Valuations of the Basic Food Basket and Total Basic Basket -- 8 Results of the Poverty and Indigence Indices -- References -- The Human Development Index (HDI) and Its Variants for the Argentine Republic in the Period 1996-2016 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Development of Indices -- 3 Human Development -- 4 Wellness -- 5 Methodology for Preparing the Human Development Index -- 6 Criticisms and Variants of the Human Development Index -- 6.1 Limitations of the HDI -- 7 Need for New Indices -- 8 Inclusion of the Environment -- 9 Evolution of the HDI Components in the Provinces of the Argentine Republic in the Period 1996-2016 -- 10 Evolution of the Human Development Index in the Period 1996-2016 -- 11 Provincial Sustainable Development Index -- 12 Evolution of the Expanded Human Development Index in the Period 1996-2011 -- 13 Evolution of the Gender Inequality Index in the Period 1996-2016 -- 14 Final Considerations -- References -- Argentinian Nutritional Inequalities in the Twenty-First Century. An Agribusiness, Ultra-Processed Food and Malnutrition Recipe -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Malnutrition by Excess -- 1.2 Monoculture -- 1.3 Diet Creation.

This book is the seventh volume in a series covering best practices in community quality of life indicators. The case studies and analysis in this volume demonstrate how community indicators projects today operate within a need to amplify the voice of disadvantaged communities, seriously explore the increasing use of information technology, produce positive community change and sustain these efforts over time. The work presented here spans North American and Australian community work and demonstrates how the field of community indicators has undergone a rapid evolution in only a few decades. Today as in their original formulations, community indicators projects are designed to gauge the social, economic and physical health and well-being of communities. Meg Holden (PhD, New School for Social Research) is a social scientist whose research investigates the promises and results of sustainability planning in cities around the world. She is an Associate Professor of urban studies and geography at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. Meg served as a board member of the Community Indicators Consortium from 2011-2016 and she currently serves as editorial board member of the journal Applied Research in Quality of Life as well as the Springer book series on Community Quality of Life and Wellbeing. Meg is the author of Pragmatic Justifications for the Sustainable City: Acting in the common place (Routledge, 2017). Rhonda Phillips, Ph.D., FACIP, has research and outreach efforts that focus on quality of life and well-being related to community and economic development. At Purdue University, she serves as inaugural Dean of the Honors College and a professor in the Agricultural Economics Department. She is author or editor of over 20 books, including Sustainable Communities: Creating a Durable Local Economy, and Introduction to Community Development. Formerly a Senior Sustainability Scientist with the Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, Rhonda also served as director and professor in the School of Community Resources and Development at Arizona State University. She is a member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners, and immediate past president of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies. Chantal Stevens is a Performance Management Analyst for the King County Auditor's Office where she also holds the position of Program Oversight Manager for the Countywide Community Forums, an innovative collaboration between the public and King County to improve public engagement. She previously served on the CIC board from 2004-2007, and again in 2012. Chantal was formerly the Executive Director of Sustainable Seattle, a pioneer in the development of community indicators. She was the co- lead of the first conference dedicated to the exploration of CI-PM integration, and is currently an active advocate for community indicators and public engagement as a key element of a functioning performance management system at King County. She holds a BS and MMA from the University of Washington.