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Life
Life: a characteristic state or mode of
living; "social life"; "city life"; "real life"
Definition: depends on context and is
debatable


Living Things
1. need to take in energy
2. get rid of waste
3. grow and develop
4. respond to their environment


5. reproduce and pass their traits onto
their offspring
6. evolve in response to their
environment


City
1. City
1. an urban area, differentiated from a
town by size, population density,
importance, or legal status


2. Mega City
1. metropolitan area with a total
population in excess of 10 million
people. Population density at least
2,000 persons/square km)
3. Town
1. an urban locality which is not
considered to rank as a city


4. Urban Impression of big cities
5. Rural

Satisfying Needs


City Planning
A profession in which planners work to
guide the present and future growth of a
city by striking a careful balance between
residential, commercial, recreational, and
institutional needs.


A planner makes the best use of a
community’s resources, solves current
community problems, and protects
important physical and geographical
landmarks, all while considering how the
future needs of a city will fit in.


India
Population:
350 million (1947)
1.15 billion (2008) > 3x
1.16 Current


Urbanisation: 29% (2008)
Population living on US$1.25 a day: 42%
(2005)
Access to Improved Water Sources: 89%
(2008)
Access to Improved Sanitation Facilities:
28% (2008)
Sources: CIA World Factbook, World
Bank

Every One Want Better Life
And Impression Is That
Better Life May Be
Given By Better Cities


Ways
http://www.dragosroua.com/100-ways-to-
live-a-better-life/
55. Move To Another Town Or Country
Maybe it’s time to change the
environment? Take the plunge, move
over. Pick another town or even another
country.

Like all the good stuff, it might be pretty
difficult in the beginning, but you can bet
it would shake everything really good!


Where To Move
Quality of Living Survey by Mercer
Living conditions are analysed according
to 39 factors, grouped in 10 categories:
1. Political and social environment
(political stability, crime, law
enforcement, etc)


2. Economic environment (currency
exchange regulations, banking
services, etc)
3. Socio-cultural environment
(censorship, limitations on personal
freedom, etc)
4. Health and sanitation (medical
supplies and services, infectious
diseases, sewage, waste disposal, air
pollution, etc)

5. Schools and education (standard and
availability of international schools,
etc)
6. Public services and transportation
(electricity, water, public transport,
traffic congestion, etc)
7. Recreation (restaurants, theatres,
cinemas, sports and leisure, etc)


8. Consumer goods (availability of food /
daily consumption items, cars, etc)
9. Housing (housing, household
appliances, furniture, maintenance
services, etc)
10.Natural environment (climate, record
of natural disasters)


2010 Rank 2009 Rank City Country
1 1 Vienna Austria
2 2 Zurich Switzerland
3 3 Geneva Switzerland
4 4 Vancouver Canada
4 4 Auckland New Zealand
6 6 Düsseldorf Germany
7 8* Frankfurt Germany
7 7 Munich Germany
9 9 Bern Switzerland
10 10 Sydney Australia


Country No of cities
USA 7
Germany 7
Australia 6
Canada 5
Switzerland 3
Japan 3
Spain 2
New Zealand 2
France 2

Reaction
1. What makes a city better than any
other one? Are you sure that your
rankings work for everybody? I used
to live in some of the better-
considered cities in the world. I was
not happier than when I lived in some
other places situated much lower in
the list. Definitely, I think that this too

personal. Would you prefer living in
Zürich (2) rather than Madrid (48) ?
No way.
2. The best city rating for MELBOURNE
should be withdrawn immediately.
Worst failure is going on is continuous
attacks on Asian students
3. I´ve been living in both, Barcelona and
Madrid, and I really believe that


Madrid (48) has by far much better
quality of life than BCN (44)
4. The City of Edinburgh in the UK is
consistently voted in a cross section of
polls as being the most desirable
place to stay in the UK yet the city
was omitted from your poll completely.
The omission was even commented
on UK's national radio BBC2. Has


your organisation got something
against this most beautiful city?
5. There is a hot debate as to how
places like Bern and Luxembourg
manage to rate more highly than
Barcelona or Paris, or why no city
from the USA features in the top 30
and - even more controversially - only
two Asian cities feature in the top 40


6. I disagree with the notion that Paris,
New York, etc, are better cities than
Bern, Luxembourg, Geneva, Zurich,
Vienna, etc. As an extensive traveller
of Europe and US, I totally agree with
the Mercer survey
7. Result of this research is interesting
and correspond to my observations
and experiences. I am not satisfied


that my favourite city Kyoto (as big as
Kobe) is not included

Indian Cities
Bengaluru once again emerged as the
best Indian city when it comes to the
quality of living for expatriates, even as
New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata
improved their rankings.

Bengaluru remains the best placed
among Indian cities in the global list at
140th rank this year, an improvement
from its 142nd rank in last year's list.
"This year, unlike the last, we have seen
an upswing in the ranking of Indian cities,
largely on account of relatively stable
political environment and the easing of
foreign trade,"


The country's national capital, New Delhi,
climbed to 143 rank in this year's list from
145th slot last year and financial hub
Mumbai moved up four places to 144th
rank.
Kolkata has been ranked at 145th rank,
while Chennai was the only Indian city
which saw a decline and is placed at
153rd rank


http://www.indusladies.com/
Rank City Voting %
1 Chennai 36.11
2 Hyderabad 20.83
3 Bangalore 19.44
4 New Delhi 6.94
5 Mumbai 5.56
6 Others 11.11
http://www.snitchseeker.com/ Mumbai

Story


One day, the father of a very wealthy
family took his son on a trip to the country
with the express purpose of showing him
how poor people live.
They spent a couple of days and nights
on the farm of what would be considered
a very poor family.
On their return from their trip, the father
asked his son, "How was the trip?"


"It was great, Dad."
"Did you see how poor people live?" the
father asked.
"Oh yeah," said the son.
"So, tell me, what did you learn from the
trip?" asked the father.
The son answered:


"I saw that we have one dog and they
had four.
We have a pool that reaches to the
middle of our garden and they have a
creek that has no end.
We have imported lights in our garden
and they have the stars at night.
Our patio reaches to the front yard and
they have the whole horizon.

We have a small piece of land to live on
and they have fields that go beyond our
sight.
We have servants who serve us, but they
serve others.
We buy our food, but they grow theirs.
We have walls around our property to
protect us, they have friends to protect
them."

The boy's father was speechless.
Then his son added, "Thanks Dad for
showing me how poor we are."
Isn't perspective a wonderful thing?


Less Lead To Better Life
http://zenhabits.net/how-to-live-a-better-
life-with-less/
Simplify your life by:
1. Do less
2. Have less
3. Produce less

4. Consume less
5. Connect online less
6. Connect with others, and your
passions, more
7. Edit, edit


Sustainable Cities
"There is enough for everybody's need,
but not enough for anybody's greed"
Mahatma Gandhi


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