Screen LibraryRanking the liveability of the world's major cities：the Global Liveable Cities Index (GlCI)
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World Scientific Pub.,
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| Publisher Address: | Singapore Hackensack, N.J. |
| Publication Dates: | c2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xix, 112 p.: col. ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9789814417303 9814417300 |
| Index Number: | C912 |
| CLC: | C912.81 |
| Call Number: | C912.81/R211 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-110) and index. What makes a city more liveable? -- The empirical framework: methodology, data and computation algorithm -- The empirical findings and policy simulation -- The liveable city-states of Hong Kong and Singapore -- The Global Liveable Cities Index in perspective. "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 ... |