This paper presents the results of an international
survey on futures of liveable cities conducted by Finland Futures Research
Centre (FFRC), University of Turku, and the Helsinki Node of the Millennium
Project. Seven experts combining both futures studies and urban studies were
invited to answer a questionnaire. The aim of the survey was to feed insights
to the foresight part of the ENCORE (2015–2016) research project. As the
opinions on what is a liveable environment differed by contents, so did the
insights on how a liveable city can be enabled. The responses are presented in
this working paper with some related analysis by the project team at FFRC. The
emphasis in creating liveable cities seems to lie on cultural, social, and
environmental factors, technology featuring as an enabler. The changing social
and power relations within the cities is also emerging as an interesting topic,
calling for further interdisciplinary foresight study.