“最宜居城市”排名重要吗?
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日期
2017年8月21日
《AG真人试玩网址》最近发表了一篇更新的文章全球宜居性排名” to determine the most livable city in the world. This annual report uses five categories to determine a ranking of 140 cities worldwide: stability, 医疗保健, 文化与环境, 教育, 和基础设施. This is just one of many annual attempts to rank living conditions across the globe, 以及像Monocle这样的调查 最宜居城市指数 美世的 生活质量排名. But does a “Most Livable City” ranking really matter?
图片来源: 《AG真人试玩网址》
Vancouver’s ex-Chief City Planner, Brent Toderian, 在澳大利亚电台发表了自己的看法 about what picture these sorts of rankings really paint. 他既没有提醒墨尔本，也没有提醒温哥华, 而宜居的地方, 是否配得上这个头衔. These rankings tend to prioritize things like low-crime rates, 接受教育的机会, 道路质量, but fail to account for some of the key reasons citizens love living in their cities. As a Guardian article puts it, this ranking rewards the “安全清洁“城市. 或者是 CityLab puts it, “宜居性 rankings value cities that don’t “feel” like cities. 他们看重稳定而不是活力和机遇.” While safety and cleanliness certainly contribute to livability, are they really the factors that matter most when determining “the most livable city”? 正如布伦特在采访中所说:
“I think what we need to have is a really honest conversation about what real livability means and for who.”
These rankings don’t include every participant in the city. Shouldn’t livability include measures of accessibility and affordability? 是什么 通过性 或“被爱”? A metric of livability should capture the quality of life of all of its citizen’s and at what cost. Current metrics perhaps aren’t telling the full story.
But even without explicitly measuring affordability or 通过性, sometimes these survey’s showcase these traits in the top cities. Vienna consistently ranks near the top of all 3 metrics and stands in stark contrast to some of it’s high-ranking neighbours. 维也纳的肯定 “感觉”像一座城市-是的 没有房屋短缺, a high degree of 通过性 due to dense land uses, and 创新的架构. They also have large amounts of green spaces and have long embraced sustainability technologies. While rankings may not be telling us the whole story, there is definitely something about Vienna that draws people in and makes them love their homes. 通过比较和对比维也纳, 墨尔本, 和温哥华, we can learn more about what these rankings are telling us and what they are not.
