Liveability Flashcards
What is liveability?
Liveability is an assessment of what a place is like to live in, using particular criteria such as environmental quality, safety, access to shops and services and cultural activities.
What is the liveability index?
The Liveability index looks at stability, health care, culture and environment, education and infrastructure and gives each of these a score out of 100, with 100 being the highest. They then use these to give the city a score out of 100.
What are some human factors that influence perceptions of liveability?
Humans factors such as culture- how much people can connect to a place, income- accessibility , employment- career opportunities , crime and safety- personal concerns, can influence perceptions of liveability.
What are some environmental factors which impact liveability?
Some environmental factors which impact liveability include Rainfall, which is relative to both floods & droughts, Natural Hazards-Tsunami’s, Earthquakes, Floods, Hurricanes, Lightning, Storms, etc. which cause damage to both the environment and structures, Air qualitywhich causes disease, Soil and land which affects crop growth and plants and animals which can generate and clean greenhouse gases.
How does accessibility impact liveability?
Accessibility is vital in having a place be perceived as ‘liveable’. Access to nature, shops, medical centres and hospitals and transport add great value for citizens, as whilst independently taking on importance they also boost other factors which make a place liveable; Transport allows for more education and job opportunities, medical centres and hospitals are directly responsible for health care, and so on.
