Livability has risen, alongside sustainability, as a guiding principle for planning and policy. Promoted as the more tangible of the two concepts, livability shapes public perception and infrastructure investments in cities, as well as competition among cities for the attention of the public, investment communities, and potentially fickle and mobile human capital. This paper takes stock of the current discourse on livability, identifies two central elements that have yet to shape the assessments of livability and policies to promote it, and explores strategies for research and practice to transform the livability concept, and with it the places in which the lives and livelihoods of people unfold.

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人人宜居？概念限制和实际影响

宜居性与可持续性一起上升，成为规划和政策的指导原则。作为这两个概念中更具体的概念，宜居性塑造了城市的公众认知和基础设施投资，以及城市之间为了吸引公众、投资界和潜在变化无常和流动的人力资本注意力的竞争。本文对当前关于宜居性的讨论进行了评估，确定了尚未影响宜居性评估和促进宜居性的政策的两个核心要素，并探讨了改变宜居性概念的研究和实践策略，以及与之相关的地方人们的生活和生计展开。