Liveable cities-Adelaide

1. Liveable cities-Adelaide
Farhana.K
2nd Semester, M. Plan
SPA Delhi

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INTRODUCTION
• The liveability of a city is judged by the health, wellbeing and the quality of life of people living within it.
• Cities considered to have a high degree of liveability tend to have a high level of, and widespread accessibility to, amenity.
Amenity includes features such as open and green space; educational, social, cultural and recreational facilities. High-amenity
places have higher financial value (property prices and rents) but also social, environmental, public health and cultural value.
• Liveability indexes measure the broader aspects of cities beyond the traditional economic indexes, looking at both objective
and subjective measures.
Liveability Index
Australian Property
Council’s Liveability Index
UN-Habitat City
Prosperity Index
It defines prosperity more
broadly than economic
prosperity by introducing five
other dimensions:
productivity, infrastructure,
quality of life, equity and
environmental sustainability.
It quantifies the challenges that
might be presented to an
individual's lifestyle across five broad
categories of Stability, Healthcare,
Culture and environment, Education
and Infrastructure.
Economist Intelligence Unit's
Global Liveability Ranking
OECD Better life
index
It has identified 11
topics as essential to
wellbeing in terms of
material living conditions
(housing, income, jobs)
and quality of life.
It is a
subjective
index of 11 of
Australia’s
major cities.

3. City Stability Healthcare Culture and
environment
Education Infrastructure
Adelaide 95 100 94.2 100 96.4
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA
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Liveability refers to the degree to which a place, be it a neighbourhood, town or city, supports quality of life,
health and wellbeing for the people who live, work or visit.
Healthcare
Stability
Education
Culture & environment Infrastructure
Adelaide achieved an overall
liveability score of over 96.6 per cent.
The EIU top 7 ‘most liveable’ cities are:
Melbourne, Vienna, Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Adelaide, Perth
Indicators
Adelaide
PROS: affordability, affordable
housing, cleanliness & pollution
CONS: economic opportunities, public
transport, cultural entertainment

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Action areas on delivering a new urban form and making it a more liveable, sustainable and competitive place.
Housing Walkable neighbourhoods Smarter travel
• Housing built within close proximity to quality public transport
(rail, tram and bus).
• Tree canopy cover is expected to be increased by 20% by 2045.
presently 21.5% area is covered by Canopy at present.
• Increased share of work trips made by active transport modes.
Getting active
A green liveable city Greater housing choice
Despite dry climate, the
urban heat island effect is
mitigated by growing urban
tree canopy.

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Affordable Adelaide
• One of the characteristic for which Adelaide is most often lauded is housing affordability. In recent years Adelaide has
consistently rated at the top of affordability ratings for Australia’s major capital cities, something which without doubt makes
the city an attractive place to live. How liveable is adelaide?
• Adelaide scored ahead of on road transport and traffic
congestion, and safety, with 62% of Adelaide residents surveyed
saying they feel safe walking alone at night in their street.
City of Festivals
• Adelaide has traditionally out-performed other cities is arts and
culture. Adelaide is known as ‘Festival City’.
• Festivals are Adelaide’s only cultural and creative strength.
Adelaide has made a strong commitment to a more sustainable
and innovative urban future. The 30 Year Plan for Greater
Adelaide was launched in early 2010 focusing heavily on transit
oriented development as a strategy for more sustainable future
land use.
Urban Innovation
Learning from Adelaide:
The need to set goals for the city and focus on their achievement
through long term committed, bi-partisan political and
stakeholder action to formulate sustainable outcomes for the
city.