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Ranking the Liveability of the World's Major Cities : the Global Liveable Cities Index (GLCI).
This unique volume aims to provide a first comprehensive assessment on attributes, conditions and characters which constitute a liveable city. The book posits that the degree of liveability depends on five themes: satisfaction with the freedom from want.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore :
World Scientific Pub. Co.,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- FOREWORD; PREFACE; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER 1: WHAT MAKES A CITY MORE LIVEABLE?; 1.1 A More Liveable Life; 1.2 Thinking Broadly about the Concept of Liveability; 1.3 Thinking Sensibly about the Concept of Sustainability; 1.4 Preview; CHAPTER 2: THE EMPIRICAL FRAMEWORK: METHODOLOGY, DATA AND COMPUTATION ALGORITHM; 2.1 Comparison of Empirical Frameworks Used in Ranking; 2.2 Fleshing Out the Global Liveable Cities Index Framework; 2.2.1 Economic Vibrancy & Competitiveness; 2.2.2 Environmental Friendliness & Sustainability.
- 2.2.3 Domestic Security & Stability2.2.4 Socio-Cultural Conditions; 2.2.5 Political Governance; 2.3 Selecting Indicators for the Global Liveable Cities Index: Ideal versus Practical; 2.4 Data Sources, Constraints & Proxies; 2.5 The Selection of Cities; 2.6 Computation of Rankings: The Algorithm; CHAPTER 3: THE EMPIRICAL FINDINGS AND POLICY SIMULATION; 3.1 Global Liveable Cities Index Ranking; 3.2 Policy Simulation; 3.3 Simulation Results; 3.4 Asian Liveable Cities Ranking; 3.5 Discussion of the Global Liveable Cities Index Ranking.
- CHAPTER 4: THE LIVEABLE CITY-STATES OF HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE4.1 How Singapore and Hong Kong Differ in Conditions; 4.2 Singapore's Push for Ecological Diversity and Economic Sustainability; CHAPTER 5: THE GLOBAL LIVEABLE CITIES INDEX IN PERSPECTIVE; 5.1 The Hard Questions; 5.2 Details of the Six Other City Indices; 5.3 The Clout Club and the Comfort Club; 5.4 Which Club does the Global Liveable Cities Index Belong to?; 5.5 More Hard Questions; 5.6 The Punchline; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.