207R_Defining indicator systems for liveable cities (research summary)

What is The Future for Cities?

Are you interested in indicators for liveable cities?

Summary of the book chapter titled Defining indicator systems for liveable cities from 2023 by Rudolf Giffinger and Hans Kamar, part of The Future of Liveable Cities book, published by Springer Nature.

This is a great preparation to our next interview with Professor Rudolf Giffinger in episode 208 talking about smart and liveable cities.

Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see what indicator systems we can use for liveable cities. This book chapter investigates what is involved in liveability and proposes a framework with a dual approach to capture the static and dynamic aspects of urban liveability.

As the most important things, I would like to highlight 3 aspects:

1. Urbanization challenges cities to become innovative and resilient, integrating smart city technologies and sustainable development practices to address economic, environmental, and social pressures.
2. The "liveable cities" concept emphasizes sustainability, smart innovation, and resilience, focusing on efficiency, adaptability, and enhancing the quality of life through community and technological integration.
3. Developing liveability indicators requires a multidimensional approach that captures both static and dynamic aspects of urban development, necessitating a mix of quantitative and qualitative measures to assess and guide urban policies effectively.

You can find the chapter through this link.

Connecting episodes you might be interested in:

• No.001R - Smart Cities – Ranking of European medium-sized cities;
• No.131R - Inventing Future Cities (book summary);
• No.139R_The landscape and evolution of urban planning science;

You can find the transcript through ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠this link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

What wast the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@WTF4Cities⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wtf4cities.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ website where the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠shownotes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠are also available.

I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in.

Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lesfm ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pixabay⁠