Overview
- Interdisciplinary perspective of the study of quality of life
- Extensive use of maps that show the variations of the quality of life in the territory of Argentina
- Use of different approaches to measure quality of life and associated variables
Part of the book series: The Latin American Studies Book Series (LASBS)
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The basis of this proposal is the study of quality of life from an interdisciplinary perspective. This volume presents a set of contributions from different sciences that analyse the quality of life in Argentina. The contributions come from the social disciplines (Geography, Economics, Demography, History) and from the field of health (Nutrition, Medicine, Psychology) as well as the applied sciences (Statistics, Applied Mathematics). The purpose is to present various dimensions related to the well-being of the population, particularly in relation to poverty, human development, health, nutrition and morbidity.
Although there are works from different sciences associated with the object of study, they all have a geographic component based on cartography. Consequently, the importance of geography is highlighted, as the territorial base allows for the study quality of life from a unique perspective where the map emerges as a fundamental descriptive tool. Such an approach is useful to diagnose the quality of life and its uneven spatial distribution, either through index or different associated variables. Thus, the maps are fundamental to study the territorial configuration of the quality of life at the different scales of analysis, showing spatial inequalities and the areas where it is necessary to take measures to improve the population's living conditions.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Inequities and Quality of Life in Argentina
Book Subtitle: Geography and Quality of Life in Argentina
Editors: Juan Pablo Celemin, Guillermo Velázquez
Series Title: The Latin American Studies Book Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94411-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-94410-0Published: 17 March 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-94413-1Published: 18 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-94411-7Published: 16 March 2022
Series ISSN: 2366-3421
Series E-ISSN: 2366-343X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 353
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 172 illustrations in colour
Topics: Employee Health and Wellbeing, Quality of Life Research, Geography, general, Human Geography