World's Most Livable Cities
The World's Most Livable Cities is an informal name given to any list of cities as they rank on a reputable annual survey of living conditions. The two best-known are the Mercer Quality of Living Survey and The Economist's Worlds Most Livable Cities. Another is the LivCom-Award, which separates cities in categories by population. This survey is supported by the UN.
The Economist Intelligence Unit's livability survey report said Vancouver, BC, Canada and Melbourne, Australia, "with low crime, little threat from instability or terrorism and a highly developed infrastructure," were listed in the top ten.[1]
Australia's other major cities (Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth) all claimed positions well inside the top ten - strengthening the idea that Australia is one of the most livable countries in the world.
Other Canadian cities also ranked highly in the survey, which further convinces that this is
the same of Canada. Toronto,
Vienna, Austria, and Geneva and Zürich in Switzerland also ranked within the top ten.
Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, with its high level of violent crime, was rated the worst city in the world to call home. African, South Asian, Indian and Middle Eastern cities were generally the worst performing in the EIU's rankings.
According to the 2007 Mercer Quality of Life Survey the 5 top-ranked cities in order are Zurich, Geneva, Vancouver, Vienna and Auckland. All of Australia's capitals except Perth anf Hobart make
it into the top 100, Sydney at 9 and Melbourne at 17. The
top-rated USA cities are
References
- Melbourne Age article - Melbourne ranked joint first (with Vancouver in the EIU's 2004 survey, and the 2005 survey).
- Vancouver Melbourne and Vienna named worlds most livable cities from CityMayors.com, regarding October 2005 EIU survey
- Pittsburgh Voted One Of World's Most Livable Cities WTAE-TV Channel 4, ThePittsburghChannel, claims Cleveland and Pittsburgh were joint thirty ninth in the EIU survey of 127 countries.
- Pittsburgh, Cleveland top U.S. cities, survey says Pittsburgh Tribune Review October 6 2005 claims Cleveland and Pittsburgh were joint twenty sixth in the EIU survey of 127 countries.
External links
- City Mayors: Swiss cities are best, Luxembourg is safest
- City Mayors: Vancouver, Melbourne, Vienna named best cities
- Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
- [2] on About:moving "Want to Move? Find the Best Places to Live"
- LivCom-Award
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
