World's most liveable cities

 

 

The world's most liveable cities is an informal name given to any list of cities as they rank on a annual survey of living conditions. Three examples are Monocle's "Most Liveable Cities Index", the Economist Intelligence Unit's "Liveability Ranking and Overview", and "Mercer Quality of Living Survey". Liveability rankings are designed for use by employers assigning hardship allowances as part of job relocation. There have been numerous arguments over the expansion of liveability rankings for other purposes. However, the annual city rankings attract extensive media coverage, and are a popular topic of discussion. However, the rankings are not used for economic forecasting or government policy.^{[citation needed]}

Contents

• 1 Monocle's Quality of Life Survey
• 2 The EIU's Global Liveability Ranking
• 3 Mercer Quality of Living Survey
• 4 See also
• 5 References

Monocle's Quality of Life Survey

Monocle's Quality of Life Survey 2014[1]
	City	Country
1	Copenhagen	Denmark
2	Tokyo	Japan
3	Melbourne	Australia
4	Stockholm	Sweden
5	Helsinki	Finland
6	Vienna	Austria
7	Zürich	Switzerland
8	Munich	Germany
9	Kyoto	Japan
10	Fukuoka	Japan
11	Sydney	Australia
12	Auckland	NZ
13	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
14	Berlin	Germany
15	Vancouver	Canada
16	Singapore	Singapore
17	Madrid	Spain
18	Paris	France
19	Amsterdam	Netherlands
20	Hamburg	Germany
21	Barcelona	Spain
22	Lisbon	Portugal
23	Portland	USA
24	Oslo	Norway
25	Brisbane	Australia

Copenhagen, Denmark

Since 2006, the lifestyle magazine Monocle has published an annual list of liveable cities. The list in 2008 was named "The Most Liveable Cities Index" and presented 25 top locations for quality of life.
Important criteria in this survey are safety/crime, international connectivity, climate/sunshine, quality of architecture, public transportation, tolerance, environmental issues and access to nature, urban design, business conditions, pro-active policy developments and medical care.

The EIU's Global Liveability Ranking

The EIU's Global Liveability Ranking August 2014
	City	Country	Overall rating[2]
1	Melbourne	Australia	97.5
2	Vienna	Austria	97.4
3	Vancouver	Canada	97.3
4	Toronto	Canada	97.2
5	Adelaide	Australia	96.6
5	Calgary	Canada	96.6
7	Sydney	Australia	96.1
8	Helsinki	Finland	96.0
9	Perth	Australia	95.9
10	Auckland	New Zealand	95.7
11	Zurich	Switzerland
12	Geneva	Switzerland
13	Osaka	Japan
14	Hamburg	Germany
15	Stockholm	Sweden
16	Montreal	Canada
17	Paris	France
18	Frankfurt	Germany
19	Tokyo	Japan
20	Brisbane	Australia

Melbourne, Australia was ranked by the Economist Intelligence Unit as the World's most liveable city since 2011.

The Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) most recent liveability ranking shows cities in Australia, Canada, Austria, Finland and New Zealand as the ideal destinations, thanks to a widespread availability of goods and services, low personal risk, and an effective infrastructure. It does not take into account the cost of living as a factor in 'liveability'. The Economist Intelligence Unit has been criticised by the New York Times for being overly anglocentric, stating that "The Economist clearly equates livability with speaking English."^[3]　 The August 2014 report placed Melbourne, Australia as the most liveable city in the world - due to Melbourne's tourist friendly Myki system and incredible house price gains, with Vienna, Austria taking second place, followed by Vancouver, Canada. Other Australian cities also ranked highly in the survey, with Adelaide continuing to hold equal 5th position (in company with Calgary in Canada). Sydney was at 7th position and Perth at 9th. A third Canadian city, Toronto was among the top ten, holding the 4th spot. Toronto is the largest city by population among the top ten cities, with nearly six million inhabitants within its metropolitan area. The Top 10 ranking order remains unchanged compared with 2012.^[4] Although asian cities do not appear in the top 10, Osaka (Osaka Prefecture), Japan is ranked as Asia's most liveable city. At the bottom end of the scale, the 2013 report lists Damascus (Syria) as worst, followed by Tehran (Iran), Douala (Cameroon), Tripoli (Libya), Karachi (Pakistan), Algiers (Algeria), Harare (Zimbabwe), Lagos (Nigeria), Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) and Dhaka (Bangladesh).