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LIVEABILITY
Social programs
Recreational opportunities
Educational opportunities
Elements of a
liveable city
Compact
Diverse
Green
Sustainable
Healthy
Accessible
DIVERSE
Livable Cities offer multi functional and multi use
structures that is suited to all types of people,
incomes, provide a wide range of jobs, shops,
support local businesses and services
Livable Cities provide a mix of housing,
workplaces, and neighborhood-serving shops
and services.
SUSTAINABLE
Livable cities are sustainable in 3 aspects:
Economy, Environment, and Social.
HEALTHY
Livable Cities support the physical and mental
health of residents, are clean and safe, and
promote social inclusion and sociability.
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GREEN
Livable Cities are well served by parks,
playgrounds, plazas, and greenways. Trees
and plantings are integrated into street
designs. Buildings are designed to provide
compact gardens, courtyards, terraces, and
green roofs.
Livable Cities are those who respect natural
areas, and try to enhance, preserve and
accentuate those areas.
ACCESSIBLE
Livable Cities support car-free living by being
well-connected to citywide and regional
destinations by sustainable transportation modes
(walking, cycling, public transit, paratransit and
taxi). Streets and public transit are designed for
universal accessibility.
We cannot dictate what kinds of interactions people have. But we can make sure
the city is welcoming to spontaneous exchanges, at least inviting more people to
spend time in public. Parks and Plazas should be gorgeous. So should streets,
which comprise the larges piece of the citys open space network.
Walkability
Maximizing the number of trips which can made on foot and making the
walking experience enjoyable by everyone. Everyone, at some point in the day,
is a pedestrian. The pedestrian deserves precedence over all modes of
transportation