| Ranking the Liveability of the World's Major Cities: The Global Liveable Cities Index (Glci) Contributor(s): Tan, Khee Giap (Author), Woo, Wing Thye (Author), Tan, Kong Yam (Author) |
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ISBN: 9814417300 ISBN-13: 9789814417303 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $64.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Business & Economics | Urban & Regional |
| Dewey: 307.76 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.2" W x 9" (0.85 lbs) 132 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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; and satisfaction with public governance.The authors attempt to be more constructive through performing policy simulations by first identifying relative weaknesses and strengths of 64 global cities across major continents including European, Asian, Middle Eastern, North and South American cities. The book also ranks and simulates 36 Asian cities separately, of which many are emerging third-world cities that are in need of policy guidance. |