Multidimensional Approach to Quality of Life Issues: A Spatial Analysis

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.

Braj Raj Kumar Sinha is Professor of Geography at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. H obtained a 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 60 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).