Preface PART I Understanding of Livability Ch 1. Montrealism or Montréalité? Understanding Montreal’s Unique Brand of Livability Ch2. Most Livable Pittsburgh Ch 3. Liveable Stockholm Ch 4. Livable Seoul: Village Community Building Ch 5. The Livable City in the Context of Depopulation in Japan PART II Urban and Regional Planning Issues Ch. 6 How Asheville, North Carolina Has Leveraged Livability as an Urban Development Strategy Ch 7. The Transformation of Seattle Ch 8. Toronto: A Livable City/Region Ch 9. Vienna – Keeping it Livable: How Urban Planning Instruments Contribute to a City’s Quality of Life PART III Issues of Poverty, Equity & the Environment Ch 10. Transit Expansion and the Pursuit of Equity in Development and Growth in Minneapolis – St. Paul, Minnesota Ch 11. Post-Disaster Amenity Politics: Livability, Gentrification, and Recovery in Post-Katrina New Orleans Ch 12. Las Lomas Colonia in Texas: A Livable Community? Ch 13. Lima, a Livable City Ch 14. First We Had to Make It Livable: The Affordances of Livability in Suburban Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia Index