10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIVEABILITY»
Discover the use of
liveability in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
liveability and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
World Cities: Achieving
Liveability and Vibrancy
This book on world cities focuses on the major challenges that these cities face in key areas such as governance, environmental and ecological sustainability, social inclusiveness, infrastructural development and financial solvency.
Giok Ling Ooi, Belinda K. P. Yuen,
2010
2
Making Room for People: Choice, Voice and
Liveability in ...
Making Room for People elaborates on preferences in housing.
Lei Qu, Evert Hasselaar,
2011
3
Social Housing and
Liveability: Ten Years of Change in ...
These cases of neighbourhood failure thus perform poorly on what some
analysts regard as the fundamental test of liveability – the trend of net population
migration, or, in other words, whether the neighbourhood is able to attract and
retain ...
4
Ranking the
Liveability of the World's Major Cities: The ...
The Global Liveable Cities Index (GlCI). to elucidate organizational dynamics.
And, for art, literature, and music, each addresses a part of man's needs for
aesthetics. So, as a first approximation, one could say that human nature is a
creative ...
5
Sustainable Urban Environments: An Ecosystem Approach
Liveability thus emphasises the here and now, whereas sustainability
emphasises the elsewhere and the future. With liveability as an aim, the needs of
the next generation can be pushed to the background. A population of a
neighbourhood ...
6
Small Town Sustainability: Economic, Social, and ...
The experience of economic and demographic stagnation in small towns, along
with the imprint of globalisation and – for some – the pressures of
counterurbanisation, has highlighted the question of liveability and the quality of
life. From any ...
Paul Knox, Heike Mayer,
2009
7
Cities in a Globalizing World: Global Report on Human ...
More than anything else, the promise for improving urban liveability rests on
freeing the potential of people living in poverty. Recognition of this important fact
not only acknowledges the inability of the public and private sector to end urban ...
8
Performance Measurement in the Dutch Social Rented Sector
A description of the problem of measuring and steering liveability in systems
language will be given in Section 4.2. Outcome measurement is the subject of
Section 4.3, while the measurement procedure during the preceding stages in
the ...
M. J. Koopman, Henk-Jan van Mossel, Ad Straub,
2008
9
Melbourne 2030: Planning Rhetoric Versus Urban Reality
RESIDENTIAL. INFILL. AND. ITS. THREAT. TO. MELBOURNE'S. LIVEABILITY.
Dr Bob Birrell, Centre for Population and Urban Research, Monash University
Prof. Kevin O'Connor, Faculty of Building Architecture and Planning, The
University ...
Bob Birrell, Robert Birrell, Virginia Rapson,
2005
10
Assessing Quality of Life and Living Conditions to Guide ...
Liveability and the Quality ofNations The concept of liveability has been
introduced by Veenhoven (1996, 1997) as a performance criterion of societies. It
is defined “as the degree to which its provisions and requirements fit with the
needs and ...
Michael R. Hagerty, Joachim Vogel, Valerie Møller,
2002
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIVEABILITY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
liveability is used in the context of the following news items.
Amalgamation a boon for Toronto | Toronto Star
Without the amalgamated city governance structure, these world rankings and enhanced liveability across the new city would not have been ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
Don't place new coffee shops below housing blocks | TODAYonline
In line with the aim of the Land and Liveability National Innovation Challenge programme to further improve the living environment here, the ... «TODAYonline, Jul 15»
The Death of the Neighbourhood Tree - Sourceable
For something that is so central to our vision of quality urban life and to the concept of liveability, it continues to surprise me that trees are so ... «Sourceable, Jul 15»
Cities Report Flunks Sustainability, Excels on Transit - Sourceable
In the current update sustainability and liveability are mentioned just once, while words merely related to climate change – including “risk,” ... «Sourceable, Jul 15»
Slow down, save lives especially in SE Acadia
Simmons adds speeding affects the liveability of a neighbourhood because people become unsettled and afraid to go onto the road. «660 News, Jul 15»
10 reasons Liverpool is 'better' than us
But eventually he managed a riposte for most of the items on our list - claiming the advantage for Liverpool in the liveability, culture, sport and ... «Perth Now, Jul 15»
Breaking Brad: Pluto's 'canyons' should make Omahans laugh
"Foodie City" in the nation by liveability.com. To give you an idea how seriously we take our food, the Nebraska National Guard is preparing to ... «Omaha World-Herald, Jul 15»
Road Diets: Lanes Slimmed Down on Residential Streets
“Every community is looking at having a Road Diet to improve the liveability of their community, improving safety for all modes,” said Brian ... «NBC 7 San Diego, Jul 15»
New Hunting Point clubhouse approved by planning commission
... and they're continuing to do other significant improvements in the buildings in order to improve and enhance the liveability of those spaces.” ... «Alexandria Times, Jul 15»
Local democracy: More politics or less?
If we take stock of democratic transitions in Asia, one could even argue that while democracy has brought significant gains in liveability to cities ... «Free Malaysia Today, Jul 15»