Brainstorming in Planning Lab by a deadline-motivated group of university upperclassmen can put a lot of ideas on paper. That is, of course, a euphemism for the actual process -- relatively few tangents survived through the group-think sessions and into an assigned project.
A “Quality-of-Life Index” should have made it. Mind you, this was not one of my concepts. Now, after several years of perspective, I still wonder why it isn’t in widespread use as a planning tool by enlightened planning departments. An over-simplification: QL Index would track impacts of incremental decisions by governing political bodies on the citizens within their jurisdiction.
Perhaps there is a village square, in a community somewhere, that has a (now digital) Quality-of-Life-o-Meter installed up high on the bell tower, right next to the historic big analog clock
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- "...draws with pencils -- not quickly." Writing under the obliquely oxymoronic moniker QwkDrw, I fancy this blog an internet-based “column”; articles often beginning with a descriptive photo. The posts, sometimes written in series, are easily further researched by readers with links to sources, photos, video clips, and additional information. This blog is not represented as authoritative and complete -- it is a sort of brief synopsis or abridged digest version of larger matters condensed from one perhaps inexpert perspective into a reasonable amount of reading time. The topics here might be interesting to someone also of my background and may or may not be more widely appealing. 2014 Blog Award: 10 Hot Readers and their Blogs. "#4. QwkDrw - Possibly one of the first commenters on my blog the mysterious QwkDrw has stuck around... I love his sense of humor." Annabel Candy, "Get in the Hot Spot" blog.