Livability

RESEARCH OVERVIEW

Livability encompasses the features of a place that make it a habitable and desirable place to live. Multiple definitions of livability emphasize characteristics of accessibility, affordability, health, safety, attractiveness, and quality of life. Livability is affected by infrastructure related considerations including: community design, land use, mobility, public health, and economic activity.

The network’s research efforts around livability are focused on understanding the infrastructure decisions that will maximize the convergence of the various features of a place that make it “livable.” The work is directed toward helping cities take stock of livability using both objective and subjective measures that take into account the specificity of place. Furthermore, it is directed toward helping cities make the appropriate infrastructure planning decisions to maximize the features of a place that make it a habitable and desirable place to live.

OUR PRODUCTS

Tackling Air Pollution: Learnings from India, China, and the US

  • March 2023
  • Video
  • Author: Princeton University

At at joint workshop of the Sustainable Healthy Cities Network, INFEWS, and the Metropolis Initiative, researchers discussed how to tackle air pollution. Speakers included: Armistead Russell, Georgia Tech Denise Mauzerall, … Read more

Understanding subjective well-being: perspectives from psychology and public health

  • November 2020
  • Peer-Reviewed Articles
  • Author: Multiple

Das, K. V., Jones-Harrell, C., Fan, Y., Ramaswami, A., Orlove, B., & Botchwey, N. (2020). Understanding subjective well-being: perspectives from psychology and public health. Public Health Reviews , 41 (25). … Read more

Urban home gardening is associated with happiness

  • November 2020
  • Journal Brief
  • Author: Multiple

This study measured people’s emotional well-being (EWB) while engaged in urban household gardening. The researchers directly measured EWB of home gardeners and compared their reported emotional affect across different activities, … Read more

Is gardening associated with greater happiness of urban residents?

  • February 2020
  • Peer-Reviewed Articles
  • Author: Multiple

Ambrose, G., Das, K. Fan, Y., & A. Ramaswami (2020). Is gardening associated with greater happiness of urban residents? A multi-activity, dynamic assessment in the Twin-Cities region, USA. Landscape and … Read more

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