Key Issues in Urban and Regional Policy: Quality Concepts
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What is the definition of quality according to Italian specifications (UNI specification # 8289)?

  • Quality is determined by the cost of the product/system/component/service
  • Quality is subjective and cannot be objectively defined
  • Quality is irrelevant in the context of Italian specifications
  • The ability of a given product/system/component/service by its performance to meet the users’ requirements (correct)
  • What type of quality is implied performance that the users are expected to be given for granted?

  • Attractive quality
  • Basic quality
  • Implicit quality (correct)
  • Latent quality
  • What does 'latent quality' refer to?

  • Quality that is beyond users' requirements
  • Quality that is irrelevant to users
  • Minimum requirement quality
  • Unexpressed quality where users are not able to exactly express what would meet their requirements (correct)
  • In the context of transport supply, what does 'implicit quality' imply?

    <p>Quality that is given for granted</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of quality refers to performance and outcomes that are far beyond the users' requirements?

    <p>Attractive quality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'basic quality' in the provision of transport supply refer to?

    <p>Quality that meets the users' minimum requirements in a safe and clean environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What concept is highlighted in the text as a sum of various issues, achieved when a relative optimum is reached for the majority of users?

    <p>Sustainability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which protocol saw developed countries commit to reduce GHG emissions by 5.2% by 2012?

    <p>Kyoto Protocol</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which conference resulted in 195 countries adopting the first-ever universal, legally binding global climate deal?

    <p>Paris Climate Conference</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the UN Stockholm conference stress the need for?

    <p>Reduced consumption of land, energy, and products</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the underpinning concept of the agreements made at the Paris climate conference?

    <p>Sustainability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit emphasize the need to adopt?

    <p>New models and lifestyles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    From which year does the concept of sustainability originate?

    <p>1960s</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does quality represent with regard to transportation policies?

    <p>$Only sustainability + accessibility + equity and gender + reliability + flexibility + control$</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What commitment was made at the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit?

    <p>$Promote better quality of life for all and socio-economic development in line with the environment$</p> Signup and view all the answers

    $What does sustainability originate from?$

    <p>1960’s studies and findings</p> Signup and view all the answers

    $What was highlighted as a concept under continuous development?$

    <p>Sustainability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    $At which summit did 183 countries agree on Agenda 21?$

    <p>Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit (1992)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some of the challenges involved in improving sustainability in cities?

    <p>Regulatory and planning coherence, ambitious political visions, and adequate funding</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which issues are considered demanding in terms of management in the sustainability decision process?

    <p>Natural resources and building stock, preservation of existing vegetation, and soil consumption</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is emphasized as essential within hypercomplex systems in the context of sustainability decision making?

    <p>Governance and practice coherence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is required for achieving the goal of improving sustainability in cities?

    <p>Coherent regulatory and planning processes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which aspect is highlighted as a challenge for improving sustainability in cities?

    <p>Largest possible community participation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is identified as a multi-faceted challenge in improving sustainability in cities?

    <p>Preservation of existing vegetation and built heritage</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the vision for developing decisions for plans enforcing more different measures at a time?

    <p>To enable the enforcement of measures with short-term benefits, mostly of regulatory nature.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'Policy Decision' imply according to the text?

    <p>It refers to the act of choosing between two or more courses of action.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some elements involved in the decision process according to the text?

    <p>Understanding the reasons to change and goals to pursue/achieve.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do public policy decisions refer to according to the text?

    <p>The product of the activity of an authority invested with public power and governmental legitimacy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'Decision-making' entail according to the text?

    <p>The act of choosing between two or more courses of action.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is emphasized as essential within hypercomplex systems in the context of sustainability decision making according to the text?

    <p>The connection of intentionall _______</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is decision-making according to Dente 2014?

    <p>The act of choosing between two or more courses of action under the presence of decision criteria.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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