Factors of Liveability
Which factor refers to the natural world and the impact of human activity on its condition.
Environmental factors
Geography
Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments.
What are resources provided by nature?
Natural resources
Liveability can change house prices.
True
What are people who study weather and climate called?
Meteorologists
Which factor relate to the facts and experiences that influence an individual’s personality, attitude and lifestyle.
Social factors
Place
A portion of space designated or available for or being used by someone.
What is structures and services needed for society to operate properly?
Infrastructure
Melbourne consistently ranks higher in Liveability than Sydney.
True
What is the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet demand?
Water scarcity
Which factor relates to the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services
Economic factors
Liveability
Livability is the sum of the factors that add up to a community's quality of life—including the built and natural environments, economic prosperity, social stability and equity, educational opportunity, and cultural, entertainment and recreation possibilities.
What is the movement of people from living in one area to living in another within a country?
Internal migration.
America gets better results on Liveability than Australia.
False
What is the quality of life of a population?
Wellbeing
What factor would these things come under; cost of living, house prices and employment.
Economic
Sustainability
Avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance.
What is the characteristics of an environment or place that affect people's physical and mental health and quality of life?
Environmental quality
If a city is isolated, it's automatically less liveable.
False. Perth is one of the most isolated cities in the world but is still 14th (in the world!) on a recent liveability poll.
What is hazard event originating in the atmosphere?
Atmospheric hazard
The safety of an area comes under which factor?
Social
Perception
The way in which something is regarded, understood, or interpreted.
What is resources that are unable to be naturally replenished and sure to be used up at the human rate of use?
Non-renewable resources.
According to the Global liveability index, Perth dropped 8 places in Liveability from 2017 to 2018.
False.
It dropped 7 places, from 7 to 14.
What are hazard events originating in the hydrosphere from changes to the water cycle called?
Hydro-logic hazards