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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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