Uploaded on 2017-06-07 by Brandon Westerling

Module 3 - compulsory Exercise: Livability Criteria 1. Which are your top livability criteria? In the list below, you can find (in alphabetical order) some of the livability criteria that official surveys use to determine the livability of a city. We want you to select the top-5 criteria that you think contribute the most to a city's livability. Order them with the most important at the top of your list. Top 5 Criteria 1. Environment 2. Housing 3. Infrastructure 4. Safety 5. Economy 2. Why do we live where we live? Name the place you live and provide 5 reasons why you live there. Those reasons may not be related to the official livability criteria. Order them with the most important at the top of your list. To support your statements you are asked to provide one or more images from your area of residence, that describe the reasons you selected. Suburban Boston 1. Beautiful natural setting 2. Beautiful historic neighborhood 3. Close walk to nice town center 4. Close to employment 3. To what extend does your own place of residence fulfill your ideal livability criteria? On a scale from 1-100 rate to what extend your place of residence fulfills your ideal livability criteria (i.e. the top-5 criteria you selected in Question 1). Provide also a general livability score for your city, using the same scale (1-100). 85 4. What would you change? Imagine that you were the mayor of your place of residence. Which would be the first measure you would take to improve livability? Many historic home restrictions, which make homes difficult in winter to heat 5. Why do we move? In this last part of the exercise, we want you to name three places that you would select to move in case you decided to change a place of residence. In addition, provide us with 5 qualities of these places that played an important role during your decision process. Order them with the most important at the top of your list. 1. Downtown Boston a. Great Infrastructure b. Culture c. Clean environment with great water d. Terrific condo possibilities e. Very safe 2. New York a. Terrific condo possibilities b. Great culture c. Impressive Infrastructure d. Employment opportunities e. safe 3. Zurich a. Superb European Access b. Clean environment c. Many cultural opporotunities d. Well run e. safe