Community livability : issues and approaches to sustaining the well-being of people and communities

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What is a livable community? How do you design and develop one? What does government at all levels need to do to support and nurture the cause of livable communities? Using a blend of theory and practice, the second edition of Community Livability addresses evidence from international, state and local perspectives to explore what is meant by the term "livable communities." The second edition contains new chapters from leading academics and practitioners that examine the various factors that constitute a livable community (e.g., the influence and importance of transportation options/alternatives to the elderly, the importance of walkability as a factor in developing a livable and healthy community, the importance of good open space providing for human activity and health, restorative benefits, etc., the importance of coordinated land use and transportation planning), and the relationship between livability and quality of life. A number of chapters focus on livable communities with case studies from an international perspective in the USA, Canada, Australia, Peru, Sweden, South Korea, Japan, and Austria.  Read more... ForewordROBERT WHELAN PART I Understanding of Livability1 Montrealism or Montrealite? Understanding Montreal's Unique Brand of LivabilityANNE-MARIE BROUDEHOUX 2 Most Livable Pittsburgh SABINA DEITRICK 3 Liveable StockholmSTEFAN LUNDBERG, TIGRAN HAAS, & MATS J. LUNDSTROEM 4 Livable Seoul: Village Community BuildingJI HEI LEE 5 The Livable City in the Context of Depopulation in JapanFUMIHIKO SETA PART II Urban and Regional Planning Issues 6 How Asheville, North Carolina Has Leveraged Livability as an Urban Development StrategyELIZABETH STROM & ROBERT KERSTEIN 7 The Transformation of SeattleMARK HINSHAW 8 Toronto: A Livable City/RegionDAVID AMBORSKI & RAY LISTER9 Vienna - Keeping it Livable: How Urban Planning Instruments Contribute to a City's Quality of LifeKATHARINA SOEPPER-QUENDLER PART III Issues of Poverty, Equity, & the Environment 10 Transit Expansion and the Pursuit of Equity in Development and Growth in Minneapolis - St. Paul, MinnesotaEDWARD G. GOETZ 11 Post-Disaster Amenity Politics: Livability, Gentrification, and Recovery in Post-Katrina New OrleansBILLY FIELDS12 Las Lomas Colonia in Texas: A Livable Community?CECILIA GIUSTI 13 Lima, a Livable CityANA SABOGAL DUNIN BORKOWSKI14 First We Had to Make It Livable: The Affordances of Livability in Suburban Newcastle, New South Wales, AustraliaKATHLEEN MEE, PAULINE McGUIRK, JILL SWEENEY, & KRISTIAN RUMING Index