Uploaded on 2016-04-30 by VNBM

**First Step:** *5 livable cities* 1. Lausanne, Switzerland 2. Paris, France 3. Toulouse, France 4. New York, New York, USA 5. Washington DC, USA **Second Step:** *5 characteristics* 1. Green space: nature has to be part of a city through parks, car-free trails, trees… 2. Cultural agenda: a livable city must have a lot of things to offer to its inhabitants to entertain and stimulate them, like movie theaters, museums, beautiful architecture, sport events… 3. Efficient transportation system: moving easily and efficiently in the city is crucial to experience it positively and enjoy its lifestyle. 4. Value creation: to flourish, a city needs to create value through companies, industries, communities of experts, local government. This generates jobs, infrastructures, and growth, and ensures that the city remains an attractive place. 5. Walkability: a great city is a city in which you enjoy walking, thanks to all the qualities mentioned above that makes it a vibrant, green, and efficient place to thrive in. **Third Step:** *My city* 1. My city has a lot of green spaces and I really enjoy that. Apart from numerous parks, lots of residential streets are full of trees and beautiful front yards. Also, numerous traffic circles have been turned into tiny parks that makes it easier for workers, commuters, and tourists to find a green spot to take a break from the streets and their bustle. 2. The cultural agenda is pretty good too. Lots of venues across town entice people to go out and in return the entertainment industry is doing well. Restaurants, museums and shopping districts imply social events that makes the city a vibrant place to stay in. 3. The transportation is twofold. Metro is poorly managed and makes suburban commutes awful for a lot of people, and highway are packed everyday at rush hours, but the bikeshare system is great for locals and buses are frequent and efficient to connect to other modes of transportation or for short commutes. Give less importance to cars, increase the quality and efficiency of the metro system to make it more "local", and connect more areas of the city could be interesting. 4. There is no real value creation as the city is mostly an « office work » type of city, with a lot of government agencies and few creative jobs, industrial production or major tech companies generating physical growth in the city. Attracting a broader variety of professional profiles could increase the diversity and productivity of the city, making it a place of growth and opportunities for all. 5. The walkability is high in the city. You cannot really rely on the metro but all the green spaces, the commercial areas, and the tremendous amount of people biking makes it a great city to explore by walking. The multiple landmarks that each neighborhood offers is a good motivation to go out and look around too. [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14619812091734926.jpg