Uploaded on 2017-02-01 by Jako Roux

1. How would you define livability? Safe, stable and healthy environment with where people have the opportunity to prosper and better themselves and where I can interact with community and government. 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. Opportunity 3. Engagement 4. Neighbourhood 5. Health 6. Transportation 7. Housing 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. New York, Boston, Washington 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. New York Boston Washington 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. New York / 62 / 59 / -3 Boston / 66 / 63 / -3 Washington / 59 / 55 / -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...). Biggest change was due to the importance of environment and opportunity.