Livability has become highly incorporated into the American planning conversation. While livability is a fairly recent phenomenon, the concept has roots in other development strategies, such as sustainability, and is closely tied to global conversations on climate change, global warming, and the framing of mitigation techniques as planning practice. Livability has arisen as a contentious concept. It encompasses aspects of urban life such as environmental sustainability, access to public transit, mobility, economic competitiveness, and social equity. The tensions and value conflicts inherent...