Ranking the liveability of the world's major cities : the Global Liveable Cities Index (GLCI) / Tan Khee Giap ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tan, Khee Giap.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Ratings and rankings.

Cities and towns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (133 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific Pub., c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This unique volume aims to provide a first comprehensive assessment on attributes, conditions and characters which constitute a liveable city. The book posits that the degree of liveability depends on five themes: satisfaction with the freedom from want; satisfaction with the state of the natural environment and its management; satisfaction with freedom from fear; satisfaction with the socio-cultural conditions; and satisfaction with public governance.The authors attempt to be more constructive through performing policy simulations by first identifying relative weaknesses and strengths of 64 g

Contents:

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER 1: WHAT MAKES A CITY MORE LIVEABLE?; 1.1 A More Liveable Life; 1.2 Thinking Broadly about the Concept of Liveability; 1.3 Thinking Sensibly about the Concept of Sustainability; 1.4 Preview; CHAPTER 2: THE EMPIRICAL FRAMEWORK: METHODOLOGY, DATA AND COMPUTATION ALGORITHM; 2.1 Comparison of Empirical Frameworks Used in Ranking; 2.2 Fleshing Out the Global Liveable Cities Index Framework; 2.2.1 Economic Vibrancy & Competitiveness; 2.2.2 Environmental Friendliness & Sustainability

2.2.3 Domestic Security & Stability2.2.4 Socio-Cultural Conditions; 2.2.5 Political Governance; 2.3 Selecting Indicators for the Global Liveable Cities Index: Ideal versus Practical; 2.4 Data Sources, Constraints & Proxies; 2.5 The Selection of Cities; 2.6 Computation of Rankings: The Algorithm; CHAPTER 3: THE EMPIRICAL FINDINGS AND POLICY SIMULATION; 3.1 Global Liveable Cities Index Ranking; 3.2 Policy Simulation; 3.3 Simulation Results; 3.4 Asian Liveable Cities Ranking; 3.5 Discussion of the Global Liveable Cities Index Ranking

CHAPTER 4: THE LIVEABLE CITY-STATES OF HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE4.1 How Singapore and Hong Kong Differ in Conditions; 4.2 Singapore's Push for Ecological Diversity and Economic Sustainability; CHAPTER 5: THE GLOBAL LIVEABLE CITIES INDEX IN PERSPECTIVE; 5.1 The Hard Questions; 5.2 Details of the Six Other City Indices; 5.3 The Clout Club and the Comfort Club; 5.4 Which Club does the Global Liveable Cities Index Belong to?; 5.5 More Hard Questions; 5.6 The Punchline; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-110) and index.

ISBN:

981-4417-31-9

1-299-13316-9

OCLC:

828792981