Quality of Life in Communities of Latin Countries

This book presents a reconfiguration of the concepts of community in Latin countries as well as the community quality of life and well-being of different groups: children, young people, older adults, migrants. The traditional concept of community has changed together with the way people participate...

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Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Tonon, Graciela (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
SeriesCommunity Quality-of-Life and Well-Being,
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319531830
ISSN2520-1093
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-53183-0
Physical DescriptionXVI, 286 p. 26 illus. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Communities, Development and Culture
  • Chapter 1. Re-thinking Community Quality of Life in Latin American Countries; Graciela Tonon
  • Chapter 2. Quality of Life of the Guarani Community in South America; Lía Rodriguez de la Vega and Héctor Rodriguez
  • Chapter 3. Exploring the Concept and Practices of Felicitas Publica at Lisbon University: A Community and Relational Approach to Well-Being; Luis Miguel Neto and Helena Agueda Marujo
  • Chapter 4. The Role of Sports in the Construction of Community Well-Being; Denise Benatuil and Walter Toscano
  • Chapter 5. Quality of Life and Regular Territorial Mobility: A Study of Rural-urban Communities in Argentina; Claudia A. Mikkelsen and Sofía E Ares
  • Chapter 6. Homogeneous Neighborhoods and Quality of Life; Mariano Rojas
  • Chapter 7. The Creation of New Spaces for Social Development: The Community Program for Neighborhood Improvement in Mexico City; Karla Valverde Viesca
  • Chapter 8. Water and Community Well-Being: Formalization vs Disappearance of Independent Committees?; Cecilia Cadena-Inostroza
  • Chapter 9. Quality of Life and Health in Displaced Communities Affected by the Armed Conflict in Colombia; Jorge Palacio, Isidro Maya-Jariego, Amalio Blanco and José Amar
  • Part II. Community Quality of Life of Different Groups: Children, Young People, Older Adults and Migrants
  • Chapter 10. Digital Media, Identity and Quality of Life of a Local Ecuadorian Community in Andalusia; Cristiano Codagnone and Isidro Maya-Jariego
  • Chapter 11. Life Satisfaction, Socio-Community Dimensions and Vulnerability in Chilean Adolescents; Jaime Alfaro, Fernando Reyes, Javier Guzmán, Jorge Varela, David Sirlopú, Denise Oyarzún and María Victoria Benavente
  • Chapter 12. Children and Young People's Perceptions of their Well-Being and Risk Conditions in their Communities: Participatory Mapping Cases in Peru and Portugal; Javier Martinez, Michael McCall, Isabel Preto and Rommy Torres Molina
  • Chapter 13. Quality of Life of Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Spain; Carmen Rodríguez-Blázquez , Gloria Fernández-Mayoralas, Fermina Rojo-Pérez, Pablo Martínez-Martína and Maria Joao Forjaz
  • Chapter 14. Social and Community Environments and Quality of Later Life in Spain and Mexico in a Comparative Perspective; Vicente Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Sagrario Garay-Villegas, Fermina Rojo-Perez, Veronica Montes de Oca and Gloria Fernandez-Mayoralas.