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The Auckland Urban Liveability Index: A Mechanism for Quantifying and Evaluating Modern Urban Densification

urban analytics
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Jan Magnuszewski, Roger Beecham, and Luke Burns (2025) “The Auckland Urban Liveability Index: A Mechanism for Quantifying and Evaluating Modern Urban Densification”, Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, doi: 10.1007/s12061-025-09643-9

Authors
Affiliations

Jan Magnuszewski

CASA, University College London

Roger Beecham

School of Geography, University of Leeds

Luke Burns

School of Geography, University of Leeds

Published

January 2025

Doi

10.1007/s12061-025-09643-9

Abstract

We present the Auckland Urban Liveability Index (AULI), an indicator that quantifies modern liveability at the neighbourhood level in Auckland. The index comprises 29 variables spanning several components of liveability: social infrastructure, green space, transportation, safety and diversity. Each is documented transparently with accompanying data and code. We find that neighbourhoods with the highest liveability scores have comparatively good public transport provision and are amenable to active travel, reflecting the principles of modern urban densification. Through local modelling frameworks, we provide useful context on the generalisability of index components that supports the transfer of our index to other cities in New Zealand and re-evaluation of our index in light of new data.

Important figure

Figure 4: Auckland Urban Liveability Index.

BibTeX citation

@article{beecham_connected_2023,
    author = {Jan Magnuszewski and Roger Beecham and Luke Burns},
    doi = {10.1007/s12061-025-09643-9},
    publisher={Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy},
    title={The Auckland Urban Liveability Index: A Mechanism for Quantifying and Evaluating Modern Urban Densification},
  volume = {0},
  number = {0},
  pages = {},
    year = {}
    }