Measuring the livability of an urban centre: an exploratory study of key performance indicators

Balsas, Carlos J. L.

doi:10.1080/0269745042000246603

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“…Developing indicators which are conceptually sound, measurable by existing data and meaningful for policy-makers is a complex task. We found that good practice for indicator development requires that indicators are (Briggs 1999, Innes and Booher 2000, Balsas 2004, Greenwood 2008, Pencheon 2008, Lowe et al 2015: There are many challenges in achieving these goals, particularly for an international index. Lawrence (2008) stated that indicators need 'to meet two conflicting objectives: a comprehensive account of all the relevant issues, and the communication of information in a concise way to different users' (p.320).…”

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Promoting a healthy cities agenda through indicators: development of a global urban environment and health index

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There is a growing awareness among city leaders and policy-makers of the impact of the urban environment on health outcomes and inequalities. Increasingly, practitioners in built environment city departments, such as housing, planning, transport and regeneration, seek new tools and guidance to understand how their respective policies and decisions can support the creation of healthier cities. This paper presents the development of a global index to help city leaders and practitioners understand their role in delivering health outcomes through urban environment policies and programmes. The Building Research Establishment's international Healthy Cities Index (BRE HCI) contains 10 environment categories and 58 indicators, supported by a causal pathways framework. This was achieved through an iterative process including: stakeholder engagement, evaluating research evidence, selecting indicators and identifying data sources. We tested the index and causal pathways approach on two case study cities: Dubai and London. We found that they contributed to: raising awareness of the links between the environment and health; identifying shared responsibilities and the need to work across departmental silos; and uncovering the competing demands faced by some departments (and private sector stakeholders) as they seek to deliver health promoting environments alongside other objectives. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Promoting a healthy cities agenda through indicators: development of a global urban environment and health index

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“…In addition, indicators for the sustainability of the built environment, especially for brownfields, are lacking and assessment methods for brownfields outcomes are needed (US EPA, 2002;Northridge et al, 2003;Hemphill, McGreal, and Berry 2004a, b;Lange and McNeil 2004a, b;Balsas, 2004;De Sousa, 2005;Bacot and O'Dell, 2006). Hemphill, McGreal, and Berry (2004a, b) have devised a thorough method to measure the effectiveness of urban regeneration projects with the goals of sustainability in mind, but these metrics focus little on contaminated sites or financial issues and utilize a scoring system that is comprehensive yet not intuitive (e.g., not based on an easily understood benchmark such as 100 points).…”

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Measuring site-level success in brownfield redevelopments: A focus on sustainability and green building

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Crawford‐Brown

2007

Journal of Environmental Management

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“…Liveability can be defined as the quality of life as experienced by the residents of a neighbourhood within an urban area (Bray, 2010;Evans, 2002;Higgins & Campanera, 2011;Mulligan & Carruthers, 2011;Omuta, 1988;van Kamp et al, 2003). Some authors consider the concept of liveability to be difficult to define and measure (Wheeler, 2001;Balsas, 2004). Existing descriptionsof what constitutes liveability may include a range of different issues underpinned by a common set of guiding principles such as accessibility, inclusiveness (Oberlink, 2006), equity, safety, continuity (Lynch, 1998), and participation.…”

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Developing and testing a framework for the assessment of neighbourhood liveability in two contrasting countries: Iran and Estonia

Norouzian-Maleki

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Hosseini

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A growing body of evidence indicates that the environmental quality of residential neighbourhoods has an impact on their liveability. It can be a contributory factor to the prosperity and development of cities because it reflects the real-life experiences of residents and can also affect the attractiveness of a city for well-qualified workers. A liveable neighbourhood can help to improve the quality of life of residents, which is one of the determining factors in creating a socially sustainable urban environment. This research aimed to develop a practical method for assessing the liveability of a residential neighbourhood, tested in two contrasting countries, Iran and Estonia. We developed and tested a set of criteria based on the principles and attributes of liveability obtained from the literature and we used a Delphi survey of Iranian and Estonian urban planning and design experts to identify which of the candidate criteria were most appropriate to each country together with their priority weighting. The results showed that while many of the same criteria applied to both countries, the importance of them varied, in part reflecting environmental and social differences such as climate. The method has potential for use in the development of indicators of liveability as part of urban sustainability assessment.

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Measuring the livability of an urban centre: an exploratory study of key performance indicators

Cited by 133 publications

References 5 publications

Promoting a healthy cities agenda through indicators: development of a global urban environment and health index

Promoting a healthy cities agenda through indicators: development of a global urban environment and health index

Measuring site-level success in brownfield redevelopments: A focus on sustainability and green building

Developing and testing a framework for the assessment of neighbourhood liveability in two contrasting countries: Iran and Estonia

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