High-quality development aims to meet the increasing demand of the people for a better life and to construct livable cities, which holds significant practical significance in enhancing the quality of urban residents' lives. In this study, Changsha City was selected as a case, and 24 specific indicators were chosen from six dimensions，which were innovation, coordination, openness, greenness, sharing and economy. By employing methods such as entropy value method and ArcGIS, the livability status of the nine districts and counties in Changsha was analyzed, along with an exploration of its influencing factors. The results are as follows. The overall livability level of Changsha City is relatively high, showing a spatial distribution pattern of “high in the middle, declining towards the periphery”, with Furong District, Wangcheng District, Kaifu District and Yuelu District forming the main core areas radiating outward. In terms of each dimension, livability exhibits strong spatial differentiation, with significant differences in livability levels among different administrative regions at different measurement levels. The spatial pattern of livability in Changsha City is strongly correlated with economic development, openness development and green development, while the explanatory power of coordination development, sharing development and innovation development is relatively weak. Based on these findings, policy recommendations from both macro-guidance and micro-action perspectives are proposed.