The current issue of UQI (#14 - Summer 1999)

includes the following (and more):

*Measuring Urban Walkability (4 parts):

The Popsicle Indicator

Bradshaw Index of Walkability

INDEX’s Pedestrian Indicators

Adding Geography to Pedestrian Indicators (through GIS) *Boston City Culture Map *Core indicators of neighborhood sustainability *Outside Magazine’s Dream Towns of North America *Maureen Hart’s Critique on "pedestrian-friendliness" *Dan Burden’s most walkable towns, 1999 *(world) City Development Index: high & low scoring cities

[Note: The "Urban Quality Indicators" newsletter was developed to share information on various efforts in North America measuring the quality, health and sustainability of its communities - from neighborhoods to regions.]

For contents of the features and five departments (CRITIQUE, SURVEY, LIBRARY, DATA, CITY CULTURE MAP) in the back issues (#1-13), please see partial listing below.

Best wishes, Cy Yoakam, editor

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Index of Issues (by Departments)

Urban Quality Indicators: April 1996 to April 1999

Features by Issue: 1-Pioneer Jacksonville, FL: Targets for the Year 2000 2-*SOLD OUT*- Sustainable Seattle: Creating a city of lasting value 3-FunkyTowns, USA: Best alternative, eclectic, irreverent, and visionary places. 4-Attitude Surveys: How do we know when "Good" is good? 5-Measuring the New Urbanism: Land use indicators as clues to urban quality 6-Post Materialistic Indicators of urban quality 7-Neighborhood Quality Indicators: Projects organized around action 8-Canadian Urban Quality Indicators: As Canadian as……….. 9-Retail Quality Indicators: the suburban shift, reinvestment, & "de facto" trends 10- Environmental Footprint: Your community’s environmental sustainability 11- Community Sustainable Welfare Index: Your community’s economic sustainability 12- Measuring Your Community’s Cultural Quality, and …. What Makes a City Romantic? 13- Healthy Cities Approach: Acknowledging the contribution of nonmedical factors to health

City Culture Map by Issue: 1-Detroit; 2-*SOLD OUT*-Baltimore, 3-New Orleans, 4-San Francisco, 5-Lower Manhattan, NY, 6-Miami, 7-Seattle, 8-10 Chicago-Parts 1-3, 11-Brooklyn, NY, 12-Houston, 13-(evaluative image)Tokyo & Vancouver

Survey, Data, & Library (issue sampling - last 3 issues): 11- best cities for new businesses, urban income inequality & mortality, more. 12- the 13 cities most threatened by sprawl (Sierra Club); downtown residential populations (Brookings Inst.), more. 13- best cities for mountain living, and for business; scoring "Residential Friendly Spaces", more.

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