Uploaded on 2017-09-17 by Alberto Herrera Stoll

1. How would you define livability? It is to feel comfortable in an urban space when one travels or uses it either in an eventual or constant way, either because it lives there or visits it. 2. If you need to define livability with the following terms, how would you rank them? (1: most important - 7: least important) 1. Environment 2. Transportation 3. Neighborhood 4. Housing 5. Health 6. Opportunity 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. San Francisco Boston New York 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. San Francisco - 49 Boston - 66 New York - 62 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. City Livability Score Customized Livability Score Change (+/-) San Francisco 49 50 1 Boston 66 71 76 5 New York 62 66 4 6. Can you explain the change in livability scores of your cities? Do this on a 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...). When I change the order and put Transportation, Neighborhood and Housing in position 2,3 and 4 it make the result in Boston and New York got better while in San Francisco almost didn´t change because doesn´t have much difference in the livability Score