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The World's Fairest City - Yours and Mine: Features of Urban Living Quality
The World's Fairest City Yours and Mine Features of Urban Living Quality Author:Ruedi Baur, Martin Feuz, Carmen Gasser Derungs, Andrea Gmünder, Thomas Hausheer, Martin Jann, Philipp Krass, Margarete Lupin, Trond Maag, Ursula Tgetgel, Marcel Zwissler Soon, more than two thirds of all human beings — on the planet will live in cities, and the number of increasingly mobile people who shuttle effortlessly between major cities is constantly growing. Every year, various city rankings choose the top ten cities in the world. But what makes a city really livable? The answer to this question, as offere... more »d by the rankings, is anything but satisfactory. Their economically oriented, quantitative criteria are often taken out of context. But personal eperience is much more complex than this. Design2context began by studying established city rankings, then analyzed scenes from everyday urban life, and developed criteria that make it possible to rationally examine urban quality of life from softer and emotional perspectives. The
result is fifty criteria and a questionnaire that
invites the reader to actively reflect on his or her
own personal criteria for urban quality of life.
Essays by the researchers illuminate the scientific background of the study.« less