Uploaded on 2017-10-09 by Tatiana Ovsiannikova (Татьяна Овсянникова)

Module 3 - Optional Exercise: How would you measure livability? 1. How would you define livability? Livability is a term characterizes the living conditions of people in the region or in the city - the degree of their economic and environmental well-being, high standard of living, high security. Livability means features that satisfy the needs of people. 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. Housing 3. Transportation 4. Neighborhood 5. Health 6. Opportunity 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. Washington, DC 59 Columbus, Ohio, US 53 Chicago, IL 53 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 Customized Livability score Change (+/-) Washington, DC 59 57 -2 Columbus, Ohio, US 53 56 3 Chicago, IL 53 56 3 6. Can you explain the change in livability scores of your cities? Do this on a basis of the terms in your ranking 1. I assume the index change is due to the fact that I lowered the rank of the neighborhood, and increased the rank of the environment and housing