The terms ‘quality-of-life’, ‘well-being’ and ‘happiness’ denote different meanings; sometimes they are used as an umbrella term for all of value, and at other times to denote special merits. This paper is about the specific meanings of the terms. It proposes a classification based on two bi-partitions; between life ‘chances’ and life ‘results’, and between ‘outer’ and ‘inner’ qualities. Togeth...

Research Needs: Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the transportation sector account for about 27% of the total GHG emissions in the United States. Due to increased travel demand and limited improvement in fuel efficiency, the GHG emissions from transportation have increased by 16% since 1990 (USEPA, 2015). About 80% of transit buses are currently powered by diesel engines, which are a primary...

In 2004, the National Council on Disability (NCD) commissioned the Center for Home Care Policy and Research to research and prepare a report on the topic of "livable communities" for adults with disabilities. The following is a summary of the major findings in the report and the priority action steps that communities should take to become more livable for people with disabilities. The report wa...

Inefficient urban freight transport has a negative impact on both livability and profit margins in the supply chain. Urban logistics schemes, consisting of one or multiple governmental policies and company initiatives, attempt to address these problems. However, successful schemes are difficult to realize due to the divergent objectives of the agents involved in urban logistics. Traditional opt...

Written by a former mayor of Seattle, this Article describes the “smart growth” movement as a way to sustain the livability of large urban centers in the twenty-first strategy. It describes some of the problems facing urban areas experiencing population growth, namely traffic, rising housing prices and a scarcity of open space. The ”smart growth” movement seeks to address these problems in a co...

Sustainable development cannot be achieved in a society with substantial inequalities between rural and urban regions. Sustainability terms of environmental human well-being can attained by applying ecological livability. Agriculture, areas, farmers are crucial for developing countries their populations. Literature on innovation is becoming more neglected as the need regeneration develops. This...