Abstract
Cities are widely considered to be the engines of economic growth, as they contribute for more than 70% of global economy. However, the haphazard urbanisation trends are today resulting in widespread problems of urban sprawl, pollution, housing, crime and disaster and so on. While India is one of the least urbanised large developing countries of the world, the country is witnessing rapid urbanisation (projected to add 404 million of urban population by 2050). However, the associated problems are impacting the liveability of the cities in India. In light of that, this study aims to evaluate the liveability of Tier-1 cities of India. In reference to the existing literature, eleven key indicators have been identified for the evaluation of liveability. For the ease of analysis, these indicators are broadly clustered under five categories, that is, health, environment, transport, geography and socio-economy. The correlation analysis between the indicators and the number of Covid-19 cases in selected cities of India reveal a significant relationship between the individual categories such as ‘quality of life’ and ‘health index’.
Highlights
As per Creating Livable Cities: Regional Perspectives, the continuing population growth and urbanisation have led to the creation of massive ‘megacities’ and fastgrowing ‘small and medium cities’
This study aims to evaluate the liveability of selected Tier-1 cities of India, namely, the Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Delhi Municipal Corporation, Bengaluru, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kolkata, and Pune
These research findings provide an important insight that a significant relationship exists between the individual categories of liveability with the number of Covid-19 cases
Summary
As per Creating Livable Cities: Regional Perspectives, the continuing population growth and urbanisation have led to the creation of massive ‘megacities’ and fastgrowing ‘small and medium cities’. According to the United Nations’ Report, cities have become the epicentre of coronavirus (Covid-19) as 90% of global Covid-19 cases were found in cities (Mishra et al, 2020a) All these events tend to influence the perceived ‘liveability’ of cites which can be inferred to ‘how well the built environment and the available services fulfil the resident’s needs and requirements’ (Kovacs-Györi et al, 2019). Complementing the SDGs, the New Urban Agenda seeks to create a mutually reinforcing relationship between urbanisation and development (UN-Habitat, 2016) In lines with these policy guidelines, various organisation have attempted to measure the liveability, for example, the European Commission conducts ‘quality of life’ survey in major European Union cities to know the resident’s satisfaction level.
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