Abstract
Livability is a concept being applied to cities, even though it is vague. Worldwide, there are several livable city ranking schemes in use, which compare the livability of cities by making use of standardized indicator sets. The research presented here recognizes, as a point of departure, that each city is unique, implying that comparisons of cities by standardized categories only does not adequately reflect the reality of each city. A qualitative approach to identify context-specific categories of livability is proposed and employed to the case of Malmo in Sweden. Through interviews, nine context-specific categories were identified and visualized. The findings of the study demonstrate that a qualitative approach enables a more in-depth description of livability categories because it can capture and illustrate relationships among the categories. An explicit awareness of such relationships may provide a more holistic perspective to city officials and planners as they aim to improve the livability of their cities. The study concludes that a qualitative approach in identifying context-specific categories can complement existing assessment schemes and allow a better grasp of livability challenges to cities.
Highlights
‘Livability’ has been proposed as a key concept for city development [3], with the underlying assumption that
At the time of respondent brought up city development strategies in the the case study, there had been a recent workshop about the context of inter-city exchanges, which can be helpful in the social impact of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) which had focused solving of local problems and beneficial when applying for on how public transportation was being utilized as a tool to national grants (L, Table 3)
This study identifies differences and similarities between the context-specific category labelled ‘busicategories used in quantitative livable city ranking schemes ness environment’ that was identified in this study roughly already in use
Summary
‘Livability’ has been proposed as a key concept for city development [3], with the underlying assumption that. Previous studies suggest that indicators of a more descriptive or contextual kind could provide key insights to city conditions and constitute vital sources of information for the evaluation of social-ecological issues and economic performance, as well as for the assessment of needs and resource distribution [16,17,18]. Both context and quality of livability vary from place to place [19], yet standardized indicator sets typically only include quantitatively measurable aspects and fail to incorporate local perceptions and experiences [6].
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