Sentences with word «liveability»

Melbourne ranks top out of 140 cities in the Economist Intelligence Unit's annual Global Liveability Ranking.

These factors, each given equal weight, provide a conceptual framework for a concept of liveability in the team's index.

And new waves of transplants are arriving, from Philadelphia, New York, and beyond, lured by a quality of life that consistently earns Pittsburgh a perch in the upper reaches of the Economist's annual Global Liveability Ranking.

However, the team has simulated new rankings based on how environmental, political and economic change to improve liveability might alter the order and shown that Singapore could rise to joint # 1 with Geneva while Chicago, Shanghai, Amman and Abu Dhabi could jump from relatively low - ranking positions to much higher up the team's urban league table.

The ranking has found that since 2008 the average global liveability score has fallen by 0.6 %, led by a 1.3 % fall in the average stability score.

Combine this performance with Mercedes desirability, quality and day - to - day liveability, and you have an appealing package.

The Australian city of Melbourne has taken first place for the world's most livable city for the seventh year in a row as part of The Economist Intelligence Unit's Global Liveability Report for 2017.

Environmental restoration and transport infrastructure improvements already underway in many Asian, and specifically Chinese cities, could see the higher liveability today of European cities outstripped as those developing cities develop further.

The magazine ranked the town last or near - last for liveability out of more than 200 communities.

Friends who live in smaller communities have much nicer bigger newer houses but sacrifice liveability (my opinion) and lower COL. Yes, I do find it cheaper and healthier to live in a coastal city.

One of the most loveable things about the RS 3 is its everyday liveability.

In this case, the carefully designed internal spaces offer unbeatable liveability and boot capacity for this category, as well as great versatility of use, particularly for the Station Wagon version.

There were many discussions on declining liveability in the cities due to heat stress and the need for appropriate policies to cope with the worsening problem.

Indeed, Manchester is the best UK city to live in, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit's Global Liveability Survey 2015.

This is in my view a pivotal reason for the real estate community in Canada to advocate for the real estate values of Canadians through the expression of liveability within municipal, provincial and government policy.

A recent Vancouver Board of Trade expert panel asserted that the concept of a bubble in Vancouver's market can be dispelled with immigration projections, which experts suggest is secured by strong liveability scores as key drivers.

I believe the attraction of global foreign investment in a time of social, economic and environmental instability has a major impact on our market, and I think liveability taps the psyche of wealthy people the world over.

Taking this concept further to hold government accountable to delivering liveability may be a way for Canadian Realtors to uplift the too often denigrated profession.

This project, called the «big - dig» took the notion of walkability and liveability very seriously into consideration — something South Africa yet has to «get».

There is, however, rapidly - emerging alternatives to the car - culture and disingenuous «bigger, brighter, faster is better», path to development — and this approach puts liveability and citizen - oriented design at the forefront.

Australian cities which provide the most efficient transport and social infrastructure will place themselves in the best positon to maintain liveability.

According to the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Global Liveability Ranking, which scores 140 cities on five lifestyle categories, six of the top 10 livable cities in the world are in Australia and Canada.

The significant data collection and research element of that project has already begun this summer, and will involve benchmarking Greater Vancouver against 20 similar regions from around the world, using relevant economic and liveability metrics.

But if it's a day - to - day liveability you're looking for then the packaging, space, refinement and ride quality of the Honda gives it the edge.

The ranking has found that since 2008 the average global liveability score has continued to fall as instability grows around the world.

According to the EIU's Global Liveability Ranking, six of the top 10 livable cities in the world are in Australia and Canada.

The research finds that the built environment has a crucial role to play in terms of improving the lives of older people through measures designed to enhance the accessibility and liveability of buildings.

This year, the festival will also focus on how food affects the liveability of communities today and in the future.

Innovation, liveability and the capacity to reinvent characterize the most dynamic cities in their third annual City Momentum Index (CMI).

Despite its relatively high Social ranking, two factors hurt Vancouver's liveability: inadequate public transit and road infrastructure; and poor housing affordability.

The benefits of better food waste management extend to community building, liveability and poverty reduction in cities.

It aims to hinder any further rises in temperature and ambient noise, thus improving the liveability of Singapore.

Green Urbanism — these are projects that focus on improving the liveability of urban areas.

The team describes their index as a work in progress, but posits a liveability list of the 64 cities studied, which includes many of the most populace cities.

From the economic perspective, liveability is a key characteristic that attracts people with talent and money leading to putatively self - fulfilling economic growth and resilience and power on the global scale.

«Place and Liveability... gets the students quite early on having a look at, almost quite specifically, urban planning and the types of decisions that need to occur to ensure that a city or a country town or a suburb is as liveable as it can be.

Students are learning about urban planning and «liveability» issues © Shutterstock / Olga Kashubin

And you can also do that through integrating Water in the World together with Place and Liveability and look at the role that water has in enhancing the liveability of some areas.»

There were some liveability issues, namely the love / hate driving position and the way almost all the car's functions are controlled through a touchscreen (and not a great touchscreen at that), but otherwise the cabin was attractive (and showed no signs of poor build over 15,000 miles) and practical.

That said, split / folding rear seat, sizeable 510 - litre boot and full - size spare wheel help the Sonata win back points on a liveability front.

The final result is excellent basic ergonomics: liveability, driving posture, space reconfiguration, accessibility and visibility.