Livability criteria: Santa Cruz de Tenerife
FC-02x Livable Future Cities (1st Run) - Compulsory Exercise 1
Uploaded on 2015-10-12 by JCCordoba
a. Climate b. Economy c. Political Stability d. Environment e. Culture 2. Why do I live where I live? My location is Santa Cruz de Tenerife at the Canary Islands, Spain. 1) Perfect climate, mild almost the whole year round; 2) Excellent safety standards in a very peaceful environment. 3) Cultural and Recreational activities at hand. 4) Good public infrastructures (roads, public transportation, health, education). 5) Sense of Community with traditions alive adapted to the XXI century. 3. To what extend does your own place of residence fulfill your ideal livability criteria? Livability scale with question 1 criteria: 70. My Livability scale (question 2): 80 4. What would you change? Economy, but it won’t be just an issue for a mayor. With an improved economy (more job opportunities and quality of the employment found), I would add at least 10 points to both question 1&2 criteria 5. Why do I move? a) Berlin, London & Bogotá. ![ingrese la descripción de la imagen aquí][1] b) In the case of Berlin and London: 1) Plenty of economic opportunities –especially Berlin-; 2) A multicultural environment (both are the capitals of Europe); 3) Not far from my current place since except for economy it is my ideal (4 to 6 hours by plane and at least 10 connections by day each). 4) European standards of living 5) I can understand both languages and even there is a wide Spanish speaking community. For Bogotá, reasons are: 1) There are a high demand for qualify workers 2) Economy is in progress 3) Culturally, Bogotá is not far from the Canaries; 4) If you have money you can enjoy good standards of living and 5) Colombia and Bogotá are very rich cultural areas; probably with México City and Buenos Aires, Bogotá is the cultural capital of Latin America. ![ingrese la descripción de la imagen aquí][2] [1]: http:// [2]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14446732031699475.jpg