The Sichun-Victoria Liveability Forumexplores the role of the pubilc sector, academia and industry in building and sustaining liveable cities.

Invited speakers from Melbourne, recently rated again as the world's most liveable city, and from Chengdu, mainland China's most liveable city, will share their perspectives and experience.

The liveability of a city is associated withfactors that improvethe "quality of life" of itsinhabitants. These factors include the biophysical quality of the environment, and the economic and cultural settings. In addition to meeting the fundamental needs of its citizens, it is the extent to which the "higher" needs are met that reflects the quality of life that a city canprovide.

These liveability outcomes can be realised through innovative urban and infrastructure planning, but will require a whole-of-government approach and active partnership with the commercial sector.

四川省-维多利亚州宜居城市论坛旨在探讨在建设可持续发展宜居城市，政府、机构、学术界和行业各自需要扮演的角色。

来自维多利亚州和墨尔本的嘉宾，分享了墨尔本连续6年获得世界最宜居城市的经验和教训。LAB尚墨国际总裁 Donald Bates 重点分享了低碳可持续城市规划设计案例。

城市的“宜居性”涉及到提升居民“生活质量”的方方面面。而影响宜居的指标不仅包括环境的生态指标，还包括经济及文化指标等。除了能满足城市居民的基础要求，对于能够体验更高生活质量提出了更高的要求。而为了实现宜居的目标，需要通过创新性的城市规划和基础设施布局，同时需要相关的政府部门协同，并且同相关商业部门建立良好的合作关系。