There are locations where having a park does have a direct effect on liveability and value on real estate".
Many cities in the world seek to establish more sustainable urban transport systems with a view to reduce accidents, congestion, air and noise pollution, and to improve social interactions, liveability and amenity values.
On the other hand, climate investments can have substantial added value in welfare and urban liveability if cities dare to take an innovative approach to the challenge -- as Copenhagen and other Nordic cities have done.
The delightful irony, of course, despite aspirations to "world" status, is the constant citation in documents like Gehl's of features like human scale, liveability, walkability, and legibility to individuals: the canonical Jane Jacobs "smallness" and profoundly local values.
With a rating of almost 100, Vancouver is the world's most liveable city according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's latest liveability ranking (see full report).
It represents a key resource for economic development, social cohesion, and liveability in urban areas – and it is an element that can counter unchecked development that critically affects community values and can negatively affect urban quality of life.
What does liveability mean to you?
Traffic can be a huge barrier to liveability.
He has become the patron saint of liveability.
If congestion worsens, the city may slip down the liveability rankings, attracting fewer new residents.
