Uploaded on 2017-04-10 by Joeri Bijster

1. How would you define livability? Livability is the sum of factors that add up to a community’s quality of life and the suitability of a certain place in a certain context. 2. If you need to define livability with the following terms, how would you rank them? (1: most important - 7: least important) 1. Housing 2. Environment 3. Health 4. Opportunity 5. Transportation 6. Neighbourhood 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. 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. Click on "customize this score" and customize the scores according to your rankings for question 2. Shift all the bars to the left (less important), except the term which is most important to you. Shift the bar of your "number one" to the right (more important). 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 Customised livability score Change (+/-) New Orleans 58 57 -1 San Francisco 66 62 -4 Brooklyn 63 71 +8 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...). In my case housing is important and I noticed how San Francisco lost points because houses are not very accessible, while in Brooklyn there are many housing options which has a positive impact on the livability score.