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Looking to move? Australia and Canada might be your best bets.
That’s the overwhelming conclusion of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual report on the most livable cities in the world.
The Economist Intelligence Unit has been ranking the livability of cities for about a decade and every year sees Vancouver at the top of the list. That’s not the case this year, with Melbourne, Australia taking over the top spot. Nonetheless, it’s Canadian and Australian cities that are rising to the top of this annual ranking of the cities with the best and worst living conditions.
Here are the top 10 most livable cities in the world:
1. Melbourne, Australia
2. Vienna, Austria
3. Vancouver, Canada
4. Toronto, Canada
5. Calgary, Canada
6. Sydney, Australia
7. Helsinki, Finland
8. Perth, Australia
9. Adelaide, Australia
10. Auckland, New Zealand
What exactly constitutes livability you ask? There are plenty of different meanings for the word, but for the Economist Intelligence Unit here are the factors that determine a livable city:
1. Stability: prevalence of crime, threat of conflict (military or otherwise), etc. (25 percent of score)
2. Healthcare: availability and quality (20 percent of score)
3. Culture and environment: social freedoms, availability of amenities, and climate (25 percent of score)
4. Education: availability and quality (10 percent of score)
5. Infrastructure: quality of transit, roads, water, energy, and telecommunication and availability of good housing (20 percent of score)
As with any ranking system a slight tweak in how different qualities are scored and weighed can drastically change the outcome. So do you agree with this definition of livability?
Source:http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/cities/top-10-most-livable-cities-in-the-world/835
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:/ dropped down to 3rd
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not a single entry fron india :sad: :sad: :sad:
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evn nt NY.. :thaa: :thaa: :thaa:
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: gud joke :excited:
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usa ,dubai, uk, german, france, japan, hong kong :P non are here :D:
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evn nt NY.. :thaa: :thaa: :thaa:
Liveable cities will never have New York In there for sure I been there Scary city!
Its read as MOST LIVEABLE Cities
City ch rehan waala kehra desh aa wadia..
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Liveable cities will never have New York In there for sure I been there Scary city!
Its read as MOST LIVEABLE Cities
City ch rehan waala kehra desh aa wadia..
ny vich niggar robber shooting guns drug always
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My city and country deserves a place in this top 10 for sure
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sarein nalo sohna bhagat singh da pink jisdi koi brabri ne kar sakda...:)
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ny vich niggar robber shooting guns drug always
veere mei NY gaya si
menu bahut darr lag reha si
mai keha mai aah kithe agyaa Time square ch si
lemme show ya pic
Photo taken in 2010 by me
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hmm thanks for sharing.. wht abt Frankfurt or generally cities in europe :loll: ?
aren't these cities livable enough to be in the Top 10? :wait:
P.S where are the sources? :happy:
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http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/cities/top-10-most-livable-cities-in-the-world/835 (http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/cities/top-10-most-livable-cities-in-the-world/835)
Source updated in the main post as well
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[url]http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/cities/top-10-most-livable-cities-in-the-world/835[/url] ([url]http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/cities/top-10-most-livable-cities-in-the-world/835[/url])
Source updated in the main post as well
thanks update karan lai, hun main apni tasali kr lewa :loll:
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For the first time in almost a decade of reporting liveability, Vancouver is not at the top of our ranking of 140 cities (Vancouver was in joint first position with Melbourne in the 2002 survey). Melbourne now replaces Vancouver as the most liveable city in the survey. The general conditions required for a location to be awarded a high liveability ranking continue to be well reflected in Australian and Canadian cities.
In Europe, there has been a slight depreciation in liveability driven by the current crisis in the euro zone. This is particularly the case in Greece, where austerity measures and resulting protests have driven a 2.5% fall in the score for Athens. Consequently, Athens now has a rating below those of San Juan in Puerto Rico and Montevideo in Uruguay.
The impact of the Arab Spring and civil war in Libya have also pushed down the liveability scores across the Middle East and North Africa. This is most apparent in the scoring for Tripoli (Libya), where the descent into civil war has caused such a significant deterioration in the liveability rating as to put the city into the bottom ten locations for the first time. Harare (Zimbabwe) is the lowest-scoring city at just 38.2%.
The concept of liveability is simple: it assesses which locations around the world provide the best or the worst living conditions. Assessing liveability has a broad range of uses. The survey originated as a means of testing whether Human Resource Departments needed to assign a hardship allowance as part of expatriate relocation packages. While this function is still a central potential use of the survey, it has also evolved as a broad means of benchmarking cities. This means that liveability is increasingly used by city councils, organisations or corporate entities looking to test their locations against others to see general areas where liveability can differ.
http://www.eiu.com/public/topical_report.aspx?campaignid=liveabilityAug2011 (http://www.eiu.com/public/topical_report.aspx?campaignid=liveabilityAug2011)
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Is topic ko itna kheench kyun rahe ho sab :pagel:
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Is topic ko itna kheench kyun rahe ho sab :pagel:
kheench kon rha hai
i read it for the first time
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Is topic ko itna kheench kyun rahe ho sab :pagel:
ji topic ko lamba karne ke liyee :smile:
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Haha sab zyada hi serious ho kar behes karne lage teh isliye kaha :pagel:
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Haha sab zyada hi serious ho kar behes karne lage teh isliye kaha :pagel:
acha ji fir taan main late ho gaya :happy:
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acha ji fir taan main late ho gaya :happy:
Koi baat nee.. deer ay darust ay.. :smile:
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Koi baat nee.. deer ay darust ay.. :smile:
hanji gujr hamsha late ata hai :smile:
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hanji gujr hamsha late ata hai :smile:
Late lateef :loll:
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[url]http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/cities/top-10-most-livable-cities-in-the-world/835[/url] ([url]http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/cities/top-10-most-livable-cities-in-the-world/835[/url])
Source updated in the main post as well
My native place deserves better ranking.
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My native place deserves better ranking.
haha sure it does cuz they have you the best person on this planet :)
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haha sure it does cuz they have you the best person on this planet :)
U made me blush.
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hmm..thanx for sharing :) nd india da kuch nhi :break: :break:
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hmm..thanx for sharing :) nd india da kuch nhi :break: :break:
no worries india overqualified ho gya si :loll:
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Nice. Vaise Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Auckland are also on the top ten list of the most expensive cities in the world.
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Most of them aus
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10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE MADE IT