Uploaded on 2016-07-15 by Zanda Apīne

Optional exercise Module 3 1. How would you define livability? In my opinion, livability in city is a quality that encourages people to WANT to live in the city, it’s the quality of life that you can get living in livable city rather than others. There are many elements that makes city livable, as we all know from this course, but on the top of all it’s communication between people. 2. If you need to define livability with the following terms, how would you rank them? (1: most important - 7: least important) 1.Transportation 2. Environment 3. Housing 4.Neighborhood 5. Engagement 6. Opportunity 7. Health 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. Minneapolis, Montreal, Chicago 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. City Livability score - Transportation Minneapolis 82 Montreal 49 Chicago 74 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 (+/-) Minneapolis 64 82 -18 Montreal 52 49 3 Chicago 53 74 -21 6. Can you explain the change in livability scores of your cities? Do this on basis of the terms in your ranking. As the main criteria of livability I choose transportation, because I see this as a threat to livability all around the world and wanted to see how is the situation with transportation in these 3 cities in US. Customizing livability score I saw great changes in such a big city like Chicago and small city like Minneapolis, Overall livability score in Minneapolis is 64, which is not so bad, but if analyzing only transportation, score is 82, that probably means that transportation system in Minneapolis is well developed and effective, it is possible and easy reachable score because of population only 382,578. The biggest change among these 3 chosen cities with transportation is in Chicago, this is surprising for me, because of the population 2,695,598 that is way more than Minneapolis, transportation system is safe and well done, probably, roads are designed to gain the most effective routs and avoid traffic jams as much as possible, government is encouraging people to use public transport and metro more often then driving personal cars, but the overall livability score in Chicago could be better, it’s only 52, which means that there is a lot of space for improvement. Second biggest city by population from these 3 is Montreal (1,649,519 inhabitants) that has reached the lowest score of all – 52 overall and only 49 for transportation, this score means that city most probably have different priorities in development, it’s not the livability rising. This city should not only concentrate to developing transportation system inside it, but also rising all the other livability criteria.