This comprehensive volume provides a broad overview of quality of life issues covering a wide geographical region: North America, Europe, parts of Africa, East Asia, and South Asia. Spread over more than 25 chapters, it includes the latest findings from these regions to provide a multidisciplinary account of the major dimensions of quality of life, and therefore has a vast scope. The volume is divided into four thematic parts: theoretical dimension; Demographic dimension; socio-cultural and economic dimensions; and urban and environment related dimensions. Extensive maps, diagrams and tables accompany the discussions and facilitate understanding. This is an indispensable reference and serves the interest of students and scholars of human geography, economics, demography, sociology, anthropology, social work, and philosophy. It is particularly useful for those engaged in further research on quality of life issues.

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Braj Raj Kumar Sinha** **is Professor of Geography at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He obtained B.A. (Hons.) and M.A. from  Patna University, India and Ph. D. from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India. He has previously worked at Visva-Bharati (a Central University), Santiniketan, West Bengal from 1988 to 2007 (last appointment as professor). Professor Sinha's current areas of teaching and research interest are population geography, cartography, resource geography and development studies. He has more than 65 research papers/articles and two books to his credit with national and international publishers. Prof. Sinha has been the Vice-President and member of the Executive Council of the National Association of Geographers of India. Dr. Sinha was one of the members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Field Studies, UK. He is currently member of the Editorial Board of Human Geographies--Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography and a member of the International Board of Directors of the Asian Urban Research Association (AURA, Akron, USA). He has visited Czech Republic, South Korea, Romania, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Thailand and Indonesia for academic purpose.

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**PART I: **THEORETICAL DIMENSION.- Chapter 1. Introduction: A Conceptual Framework.- Chapter 2. Housing affordability as a Reflection of Quality of Life.- Chapter 3. Status of quality of life and its distribution in Nepal.- Chapter 4. Quality of Life: Dimensions and Measurement.- Chapter 5. Concept of Social Indicators and Quality of Life in Social Sciences.- Chapter 6. Quality of Life of Slum Dwellers: A Theoretical Approach.- **PART II: DEMOGRAPHIC **DIMENSIONS.- Chapter 7. Quality of Life of Slum Dwellers: A Theoretical Approach.- Chapter 8. Involuntary Displacement in the Eastern Fringe of Dhaka: Impact on Quality of Life of Relocated People.- Chapter 9. Regional Analysis of Effects of Contraception on Quality of Life among Ever Married Men in Nigeria.- 10. Resettlement and Quality of Life of Bhils.- Chapter 11. Quality of Life among Migrant Working Women: A Case Study of Chennai City.- Chapter 12. Perceptions of Quality of Life among First Generation Protracted Women IDPSS, Sri Lanka.- Chapter 13. Aspects of the Quality of Life in India and its Macro Region.- Chapter 14. Impact of Globalization on the Tribal World of West Bengal:  A Study on Quality of Life.- PART III: SOCIO-CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS.- Chapter 15. Sustainable Development and Quality of Life.- Chapter 16. Strategic Infrastructure Supporting the Quality of Life in Dhaka.- Chapter 17. Spatial Analysis of Educational Facilities and Quality of Life in Karnataka, India.- Chapter 18. Literacy, Employment and Quality of Life in Aligarh District, India.- Chapter 19. Quality of Life and Universal Elementary Education in the Sundarban Region of West Bengal.- Chapter 20. Life Satisfaction and its Dimensions: An Anthropological Study among the Rural Elderly.- Chapter 21. Impact of Parks, Recreation, and other Open Space Areas on Property Values and Quality of Life: A Case Study of South Middleton Township.- Chapter 22. Impact of the Restructuring of Romanian Automotive Industry on Demographic Change and Quality of Life.- Chapter 23. Geographical Impact of Anthropogenic Activities on the Social Well-Being and Health Conditions of People Living on Wetlands/Water Bodies of Srinagar City, Kashmir, India.- PART IV: URBAN AND ENVIRONMENT RELATED DIMENSIONS.- Chapter 24. Effects of Rapid Urbanization on the Quality of Life.- Chapter 25. ****Land Use Patterns:  Key Element of Quality of Life in the Metropolitan Area of Bucharest.- Chapter 26. Links Between Human Quality of Life and Gulls in Urban Areas.- Chapter 27. Urban Post-communist Changes and Quality of Life in Bucharest City, Romania.- Chapter 28. Transformation of Urban Land Use from Traditionality to Modernity-A Study of the old Shanghai Town and its Creek Landscape from Quality of Life Perspective.- Chapter 29. Adaptive Management of Green Spaces and Life Quality in Glasgow (Scotland) and Ottawa (Canada).- Chapter 30. The Big Cat and Quality of Life: the Case of El Salvador.- Chapter 31. Household Level Quality of Life of People in Small Town India.- Chapter 32. Solid Waste Management in Ujjain City: A Threat to Quality of Life.