Uploaded on 2015-10-09 by prabhdipsingh

ANS: Livability is the sum of the factors that add up to a community’s quality of life—including the built and natural environments, economic prosperity, social stability and equity, educational opportunity, and cultural, entertainment and recreation possibilities. 2. If you need to define livability with the following terms, how would you rank them? (1: most important - 7: least important) ANS: TERMS Ranking Terms - Housing (affordability and access) 1. Transportation Neighborhood (access to life, work and play) 2. Health Transportation (safe and convenient options) – 3. Environment Environment (clean air and water) – 4. Opportunity Health (prevention, access and quality) – 5. Term Engagement (civic and social involvement) – 6. Neighborhood Opportunity (inclusion and possibilities) 7.Engagement 3. Choose three cities in the United States (preferable cities in different states) and go to the following webpage: https://livabilityindex.aarp.org. Search for the chosen cities at the livability index. ANS: San Francisco, Atlanta, Chicago 4. Have a look at the livability scores. How high is the livability score of every city? Please note the scores of this question in a table like the one below. ANS: ![enter image description here][1] ![enter image description here][2] ![enter image description here][3] 5. How much has the livability score of every city changed? Please note the scores of this question in a table like the one below. ANS: City Livability Score Customized Livability Score Change (+/-) San Francisco 66 85 +19 Atlanta 49 57 +8 Chicago 53 74 21 6. Can you explain the change in livability scores of your cities? Do this on basis of the terms in your ranking (e.g. Transport is very important to me. When I customized the term Transportation at the Livability index into a higher importance, the total livability score went down. This means that...). ANS: Transportation is the most important factor of livability in my ranking. The scores of livability of San Francisco , Atlanta, Chicago went up after shifting the bars according to my ranking. The big cities San Francisco Atlanta, Chicago already had higher scores rather than the smaller city [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14443517693981768.jpg [2]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/1444351784877405.jpg [3]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14443517933569446.jpg