Is the attraction of moving to the World’s Most Liveable City making it less liveable? We look at the factors considered when assessing the Global Liveability Ranking and wonder whether cities like Melbourne, with a growing population and urban sprawl, are destined to become less liveable.

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Author: Ruben Fuentes
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2. Liveability
It’s time we talked about

3. MELBOURNE
The world’s most liveable city
*according to the Economist Intelligence Unit

4. What does that mean?
Can we do anything about it?
Is anyone working to make it even better?

5. The
Global Liveability Ranking
is designed to help
“business leaders prepare for
opportunity, empowering them to
act with confidence when making
strategic decisions”

6. STABILITY
HEALTHCARE
CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
INFRASTRUCTURE
The EIU(Economist Intelligence Unit) takes into
account 30 factors in five major categories:

7. This favours “mid-sized cities in
wealthier countries with relatively
low population density”

8. Safety and stability is a key component

9. We aren’t too badly off when it
comes to general healthcare

10. the availability of sporting and cultural facilities
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the levels of censorship
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social or religious restrictions and corruption
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average weather conditions
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the variety and availability of food & drink
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the variety and availability of consumer goods and services
Culture and Environment

11. Infrastructure

12. a central port
an accessible airport
a reliable train network

13. road networks
public transport
community facilities
public open spaces
utilities
schools
recreation facilities

14. Population Growth

15. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) population figures:
Melbourne had grown by nearly 100,000 people
in the year to June 2014
(about 1800 people a week)

16. MELBOURNE’S
POPULATION:
4.4 MILLION

17. URBAN
SPRAWL

18. We should all be
prepared to join in the
conversation

19. Decentralisation?

20. Could new
enterprises set
up some distance
from the CBD?

21. What if a number of businesses
with some synergy co-located?

22. What if the location was made more
appealing than the urban jungle?

23. Are we so scared of getting it
wrong that we opt to do nothing?

24. Who’s going to be brave enough and have
enough vision to lead change?

25. Resting on our laurels could mean
watching things get worse

26. Ruben Fuentes is the Managing Director of iStruct Australia Pty Ltd,
Australia's boutique commercial property development company
that is "Built for Your Success”.
Ruben believes that by cultivating broad interests across a wide
range of construction, design, development, and management
topics, iStruct Australia is better placed to understand the needs
of each client and the best ways to meet them.
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