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Vienna overtakes Melbourne asthe world’s most liveable city
Mid-sized cities in wealthier countries perform well, according to the latest survey
Aug 14th 2018
City liveability ranking Regions Asia North America LEuropeJuly 2005-July 2018 Middle East & North Africa Sub-S
2005 10 15 18 In 2018, Vienna kMelbourne off thafter seven years
Vancouver Melbourne Vienna 1Rank 1Top 101 Vienna2 Melbourne3 Osaka4 Calgary5 Sydney6 Vancouver7 Toronto8 Tokyo9 Copenhagen10 Adelaide
Osaka in Japan has consistently low crimerates and scores highly for public transport
1010
Osaka
Increased availabof affordable houcontributed to thin Copenhagen’s
Copenhagen2020
Unrest following the 2014 democracyprotests saw Hong Kong drop 18 points
3030 Paris
Increased securiand Manchester terror attacks habetter stability sc4040
Chicago
AtlantaManchester 5050
DetroitLondon
New YorkMany US cities have fallen down the ranks in recent years. In 2016,civil unrest in Atlanta and Chicago affected their security ratings,while Detroit has now reversed its decline thanks to lower crimerates and downtown reinvestment
60
San Juan
7070San Juan saw a shinfrastructural indtwo hurricanes hiin September 201
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Economic and political turmoil in Ukraine,coupled with conflict in the Donbas, has hada stark impact on Kiev’s liveability score
9090
Hanoi and Ho Chi MinhCity's improvementreflects the boomingVietnamese economy,with higher scores fortheatre productions,private education andquality of roads
100100
110110
Bottom 10131 Dakar132 Algiers133 Douala134 Tripoli135 Harare136 Port Moresby137 Karachi138 Lagos139 Dhaka140 Damascus
Hanoi120120
Ho Chi Minh City
Although DamaTripoli were relbefore 2010, codamaged infrasundermined thof goods and se
130130Kiev
TripoliDamascus
1401402005 10 15 18
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
“WHAT is the city but the people?” The latest liveability index from the Economist Intelligence
Unit suggests that Shakespeare might be overplaying the importance of people in his
de�nition. The annual survey, which considers 30 factors related to safety, health care,
educational resources, infrastructure and the environment, �nds that six of the top ten
scoring cities are in Australia and Canada, which have very low population densities (3.2 and 4
people per square kilometre respectively). This compares with an average of 35.6 in the United
States and a global land average of 58, and allows them to promote a range of recreational
activities without leading to high crime levels or overburdened infrastructure. Austria bucks
this trend with 106.7 people per square kilometre. But Vienna, which tops the ranking for the
�rst time, has a city-proper population of 1.9m, which is relatively small compared with other
metropolises.
Indeed, small and mid-sized cities fare better than their larger neighbours throughout the
index. Manchester’s resilience in its recovery from a terror attack in 2017 and improved
security helped it rise to 35th in 2018, 13 places higher than London; Boston sits 15 places
higher than New York in 42nd; and improvements in public transport and declining crime
rates in Osaka have seen it move into 3rd place, ahead of Tokyo in joint 7th.
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rates in Osaka have seen it move into 3rd place, ahead of Tokyo in joint 7th.
Residents of cities that do not feature near the top of the list should not be dispirited. Of the
140 cities surveyed, 66 have a liveability score of 80% or more, meaning that there are few if
any challenges to living standards.
Correction (August 16th, 2018): On the chart, the drop down the ranks of Atlanta and Chicago
refers to their decline in 2016 caused by civil unrest (not riots as previously stated) rather than
anything more recent. Apologies.
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