Livability for all? Conceptual limits and practical implications

TY - JOUR

T1 - Livability for all? Conceptual limits and practical implications

AU - Ruth, Matthias

AU - Franklin, Rachel S.

PY - 2014/5

Y1 - 2014/5

N2 - Livability has risen, alongside sustainability, as a guiding principle for planning and policy. Promoted as the more tangible of the two concepts, livability shapes public perception and infrastructure investments in cities, as well as competition among cities for the attention of the public, investment communities, and potentially fickle and mobile human capital. This paper takes stock of the current discourse on livability, identifies two central elements that have yet to shape the assessments of livability and policies to promote it, and explores strategies for research and practice to transform the livability concept, and with it the places in which the lives and livelihoods of people unfold.

AB - Livability has risen, alongside sustainability, as a guiding principle for planning and policy. Promoted as the more tangible of the two concepts, livability shapes public perception and infrastructure investments in cities, as well as competition among cities for the attention of the public, investment communities, and potentially fickle and mobile human capital. This paper takes stock of the current discourse on livability, identifies two central elements that have yet to shape the assessments of livability and policies to promote it, and explores strategies for research and practice to transform the livability concept, and with it the places in which the lives and livelihoods of people unfold.

KW - Climate adaptation

KW - Life course

KW - Livability

KW - Urban planning

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84896046233&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.09.018

DO - 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.09.018

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84896046233

VL - 49

SP - 18

EP - 23

JO - Applied Geography

JF - Applied Geography

SN - 0143-6228

ER -